Milt Carl

…he was eight, and he was active in many Jewish clubs and youth societies, including: the Cardinals, the AZA, and later Sigma Alpha Mu. Milt left the University of Oregon…

Bernard Brown

…where Bernard was able to set up as a peddler. He served as president and acting rabbi of Kesser Israel synagogue. His wife, Libby, helped found and was president of…

Louis Albert

…into the forestry business with his uncle. In 1906, he immigrated to America.  After a few years in Portland, Oregon, Louis moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he had another…

Paul R. Meyer

…of the community, nor were they allowed to remain with the congregation after their Jewish spouses had passed away. Paul practiced law for half a century, first as an associate…

Arnold Labby

…colony in 1895 and worked in their Yuditski Hat factory. He married Eva Lamfromm in 1959 while living in San Francisco, and they had three daughters, Lisa, Andrea, and Karen….

Helga Bernstein Relation

Helga Bernstein Relation was born in Berlin, Germany, on February 24, 1924. She attended a public primary school and then a private Catholic school for lyceum (high school). Helga’s father owned and…

Leonard Zawacki

…and five other prisoners planned and successfully executed an escape from Auschwitz on September 28, 1944. He again joined the resistance, this time as a partisan, and fought with them…

Marion Walter

…The girls went to a boarding school immediately after their arrival, although they did not know any English and were the only refugee children in the school. They had to…

Eline Hoekstra Dresden

…near Portland. Eline and her husband divorced in 1971, and she returned to college to become a land surveyor and water rights examiner. Eline passed away on January 27, 2018….

Sylvan Durkheimer

…York in 1831 and stayed for 25 years before coming to California via Panama in 1856, and settled in Portland in 1865. Sylvan’s father, Julius, worked in Baker City as…

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