Edmund Lang was born December 25, 1920, in Perleberg, Germany; he was an only child. His father, who was awarded the Iron Cross after serving in the German army during the First World War, was the owner of the biggest store in their small German town. The Langs were secular Jews, and Ed had no …
Read MoreArnold Labby was born in Portland, Oregon on August 25, 1924. He attended Laurelhurst Elementary, Grant High School, and Lewis & Clark and Reed colleges. His father’s family, originally named Labkowski, was from Georgia and came to the US in 1905 with Arnold’s father Harry, who became a dentist. His mother’s family (Goldfarb) came to …
Read MoreSuse Katz was born on August 23, 1926 to Adolf and Betty Grombacher in Ludwigshafen, Germany. She had one brother, Gerd, who was three years older than her. In 1935 her parents obtained affidavits from relatives living in Chicago that allowed the family to travel to the States. They boarded a ship in December of …
Read MoreRabbi Daniel Isaak was born in San Francisco on June 5, 1949, the son of Helmut and Ellen Isaak. His parents were German refugees who had escaped Nazi Germany. As a teenager, Rabbi Isaak actively participated in his synagogue, became involved in USY and attended Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, where he returned for several …
Read MoreAbraham Edward “English” Rosenberg was born on June 17, 1901 in Hull, England to Lazarus and Anna Rosenberg. He was born the second of seven children. His parents were originally from the Kovno gubernia in Russia, and they moved to Hull in approximately 1899. Abraham and his family immigrated to the United States in 1914 and …
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