Posts Tagged ‘Austria’
A Memorial Tribute to Hans Weinmann, Devoted Friend to the Holocaust Memorial Center
By: Feiga Weiss, Head Librarian and Archivist –Â On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, Hans Weinmann was laid to rest in the Clover Hill Park Cemetery, in Birmingham. It was a…
Read MoreMy Story – George Erdstein
By: George Erdstein, Holocaust Survivor – A Matter of Luck My parents, Berthold and Ida Erdstein, were both born in Vienna. Drafted into the Austrian Army at the age of…
Read MoreA Menorah That Escaped The Anschluss
By: HMC Archival Staff –Â This brass Menorah (c. 1900), used during the Jewish festival of Chanukah, was brought to the US by Lili and Karl Kolb in 1938, shortly…
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