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Since 1930
Profile: Ernest Drucker
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AGE: "Almost a senior cit-
izen."
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OCCUPATION: He is the
owner of Executive Custom
Shirtmakers and Tailors in
Birmingham.
EDUCATION: He gradu-
ated from a fashion design
school in Vienna, Austria.
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FAMILY: He is married to
Marietta Sobel. He has two
daughters. His daughter,
Judy Ludin, resides in St. Pe-.
tersburg and is a writer with
the Jewish Press of Pinellas
County and public relations
director for the Menorah
Manor, a Jewish nursing
home. Another daughter,
Debbie Sokolov, is a new
mother and also resides in St.
Petersburg. His twin broth-
er, Kurt, lives in Reno, Nev.,
while his sister, Hilda See-
wald, lives in New York.
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ORGANIZATIONS: He is
vice president of the mercan-
tile division of the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign. He is a Mason,
a Shriner and a member of
B'nai B'rith. He also enjoys
his membership with the
Franklin Racquet Club.
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about displaced children dur-
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his business 26 years ago.
Ernest Drucker is con-
stantly asked for his auto-
graph because many people
mistake him for actor David;__
Niven.
Last spring, he and his wife
visited the display "Heritage
and Mission: Jewish Vienna"
at the Jewish Community
Center in Pinellas County,
Fla. They were interviewed
for the local paper because of
their Viennese heritage. "The
photographs brought back
many memories." ❑
NAME: Ernest (Ernst)
Drucker
Branch Manager
Travelers Tower / Suite 1020
26555 Evergreen Road / Southfield, Mich. 48076
LATEST ACCOMPLISH-
MENT: "On a personal lev-
el, we are celebrating our
40th wedding anniversary.
People are coming to cele-
brate this from all over the
country. On a business level,
we are considered a top re-
tailer in the country. I am
called upon to give seminars
on custom shirtmaking."
PHILOSOPHY: "Don't
look for the perfect solution
— just look for the best. En-
joy life, your family and ap-
preciate your health."
BACKGROUND: Ernest
Drucker was raised in Vien-
na, Austria. His parents, Is-
rael and Antonia, were the
owners of a dry goods store.
Ernest Drucker
He attended Viennese schools
and had the opportunity to
study fashion design, shirt-
making and custom tailoring.
During Hitler's reign in the
late 1930s, he and his broth-
er were fortunate to leave
Austria with a temporary visa
to Paris. In Paris, he stayed
with his sister. When the visa
expired, he had the choice of
joining the French Foreign
Legion or going to Cuba.
He and his brother arrived
in Cuba in 1939. Since they
spoke Yiddish and German,
they went to the Jewish sec-
tion of town. With help from
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society (HIAS), he was able
to set up a small custom cloth-
ier business in his apartment.
He worked around the clock
and often just ate bananas
and pineapples to save
enough money to immigrate
to the United States.
He arrived in Key West,
Fla., and eventually went to
New York. He then entered
the United States Army and
was sent back to Europe
where he participated in the
Normandy invasion. He be-
came a special agent for
counter intelligence and
worked through the war in
France and as the director for
two counties. He took part in
capturing Hitler's aide, Mar-
tin Bormann. Luckily, he was
also able to locate his own
mother. He almost became an
army career man, but he de-
cided to return to the United
States and establish a busi-
ness.
He returned to New York
and began working at Macy's.
He then met his wife at a
Jewish dance at the Manhat-
tan Center. She is also from
Vienna. Since his brother was
a furrier in Detroit, they de-
cided to move here. He opened
Document Airs
On ABC
Tel Aviv (JTA) = The
widow of an Israeli official
linked to the Iran-Contra af-
fair said over the w -:ekend
that she has no knowledge of
how a secret document that,_,
alleges early knowledge of
the affair by President Bush
reached an ABC televisiori-_,
news program.
Judy Moses-Nir,
Amiram Nir, said t
top-
secret document shov-n and
quoted from on "Niglflirie"
was not among a co lleCtion
of her husband's papers
had reported stolen fror:.2. a
safe in her home last year.
The document, in Hebrew
and translated into English
for "Nightline," was de-
scribed as classified Israel_
minutes describing Mr. Ni.f.
meeting with Mr. Bush in
February 1986 at the King
David Hotel in Jerusalem, in
which Mr. Nir wrote that he
apprised the then vice presi-
dent of arms-for-hostages
negotiations with Iran.
The issue has been re-
visited of late with related
comments by former Na-
tional Security Counsel ad-
viser Howard Teicher, who (;'
also says Mr. Bush knew L,
about the clandestine deal.
Judy Moses-Nir reported
the theft two years after Mr.
Nir, 38, was killed in a 1989
plane crash in Mexico. She
said she knew of no progress
in inquiries into the cause of
that crash.
Mr. Nir served as special
assistant for counterter-
rorism issues to Shimon
Peres when he was Prime
Minister.