Portraits of Honor: Michigan's Holocaust Survivors

This exceptional traveling
exhibit portrays black and white
photographs with brief biographies
of Holocaust survivors living in
Michigan. Approximately 300 sur-
vivors have been photographed and

interviewed. This ongoing project
honors the lives and histories of
Michigan's Holocaust survivor com-
munity. With funding, future plans
include continuing to photograph
and interview survivors. We are also

Ruth Lehman

dedicated to creating a Traveling
Exhibit for schools throughout
Michigan and also publishing a
book, Portraits of Honor: Michigan's
Holocaust Survivors.

Ben Goldner

Name at Birth:

Who Survived the
Holocaust:

Rachela Holcman

Who Survived the
Holocaust: Irene and her lit-

Name at Birth:

Bela Goldner

Rachela, Motek, Abraham

Date of Birth:

March 11, 1921

Name of Ghetto: Lodz

Where did you
grow up?

Name of
Concentration/Labor
Camps: Auschwitz,

Lodz, Poland

Bergen-Belsen

Name and Occupation
of Father:

Berek Holcman, manufac-
turer

Name and Occupation
of Mother:

Name of Siblings:

Where did you grow
up?Ibran, Hungary

Adolph, carpenter

Name and Occupation
of Mother:

What message would you like to leave for future generations:

Be alert in life and preach against hatred and injustice for all mankind.
For all people to have peace and liberty all over the world. We survivors
may forgive, but we will never forget.
(Ruth Lehman is pictured here with her granddaughter, Emily.)

Name of
Concentration/Labor
Camps: Bereck, Munkacz,

Name and Occupation
of Father:

1946 to Manela Levi;
USA, 1978 to Manfred
Lehman

When did you come to
the United States: April 7, 1952

Hannah, Motek, Abraham,
Mayer, Chaim

August 31, 1921

Where and when
married: Sweden,

Names of Children: Bernard, Betty

Bluma Taub, homemaker

tle girl (were in a Wallenberg
house in Budapest), Elizabeth,
Olga, Bela, Leonard.

Date of Birth:

Skola

Where and when mar-
ried: Austria in DP Camp,

1947 to Lilly Roth

Occupation: Baker

Julia Weiss Goldner, homemaker

Names of Children: Marilyn Judy

Name of Siblings:

Spouses Occupation:

Irene, Yolan, Elizabeth, Olga,
Leonard, Yitzchok, Shia, Sura

Seamstress
(but ill from concentration camps)

What message would you like to leave for future generations:

No matter what country you live in, do not say it will not happen here.
When they killed in Germany, we said, "Not here, I am a Hungarian citi-
zen." When it happened in Poland, we said, "Never here."
(Mr. Goldner is holding a postcard, received in 1943, from his parents while in Bereck
forced labor camp and still allowed to get letters from home. )

On-Line Contributions and Matching Gift Program

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pleased to announce two new opportunities for dona- www.jhas.org/hoIocaust.htm or wwvv.jhas.org and These matches may be dollar-for-dollar or greater. We
tions to our program. The first is the introduction of On- click on "Holocaust Survivor's Program."
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