THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewelry Trade Saved Detroiter in Buchenwald
By HEIDI PRESS
Designing jewelry for the
camp guards following his
daily labors in the Buchenwald
concentration camp saved the
life of David Frederick, a sue-
cessful Bloomfield Hills jew-
eler, and two of his brothers.
A native of Poland, Fred-
erick, who sees his estab-
lishment as a "Tiffany-type
store," will be in Israel in May
for the first reunion in several
years with his surviving family
and to witness the dedication
of a Torah scroll by his broth-
er, Morris, in Natanya, for
which Frederick restored the
crowns. The crowns, originally
made in Russia, will be do-
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nated by Frederick and his
wife in honor of their daughter
Paula's engagement.
Interviewed in advance of his
trip to Israel, Frederick said
he started a small jewelry busi-
ness in the Metropolitan Build-
ing downtown soon after his ar-
rival here in 1947. Since that
time he has moved to his pre-
sent location on W. Long Lake
Road in Bloomfield Hills.
One of 10 children, Frederick
said he learned the jewelry
business from his father, who,
in turn, learned it from his fa-
ther. As a child, he watched
his father and brother who, be-
sides designing jewelry, repair-
ed and restored Torah crowns.
He learned the process from
them and soon was able to
take on similar work.
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During World War II his fam-
ily was rounded up by the
Nazis and interned in the
camps. His parents; one broth-
er, three sisters and their fami-
lies were killed. He and two
brothers were able to survive
by making rings for the camp
guards and earrings for their
wives. They were paid with
loaves of bread. Frederick said
he and his brothers designed
their own tools, and sometimes
they were supplied by the
camp guards.
• Asked what his source was
for the gold to produce the jew-
elry, Frederick said it came
from the fillings in the teeth of
the death camp victims. "I felt
guilty taking it (the gold fill-
ings), but you have to survive
too."
Frederick said many of his
customers are from the
Bloomfield Hills area, mostly
automobile company execu-
tives and their wives. Some of
them have unusual gift
requests.
Frederick recalled a custom-
er who designed a car hubcap
and wanted the design repro-
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signed a pendant which so de-
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and tie bars bearing the design
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A group came to Frederick
and asked for an appropriate
gift for a man who worked on
the space capsules. Frederick
learned that the man designed
a screw for one of the original
space capsules and duplicated
it in gold. The man was sur-
prised and flattered.
Frederick said his daughters
often suggest designs.
Frederick will be joined in Is-
rael by his brothers, Sol of
Florida and Chemia of Argen-
tina, and their wives, and by
his sister, Ann Magier of Oak
Park.
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