Chameides, Leon, Dr.
Person
Biography
Connecticut Holocaust survivor (survived as a hidden child) Doctor of Pediatric Cardiology Actively involved in the educational community, the medical community, and the Jewish community of Hartford
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Holocaust collection
Collection
Identifier: M 27
Scope and Contents
M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...
Dates:
1937-2008
Kantor, Samuel and Elka, 1988 - 1992
File — Box 2
Scope and Contents
1988 Interview:This interview discusses growing up in Soviet Russia, strating around the beining of the Revolution until the 1970s when Samuel and Elka left Russia for the United States. It hightlights their careers in economics (Elka) and engineering (Samuel), though they immigrated after they retired. They mention an adopted child (children?) but their names are unclear. Hard to understand at times, probably due to the subjects learning English later in life, however most of it...
Dates:
1988 - 1992
Kantor, Samuel and Elka_1988,Oral History, October 19, 1988
Item — Box 32, Box: 676
Identifier: 676
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses growing up in Soviet Russia, strating around the beining of the Revolution until the 1970s when Samuel and Elka left Russia for the United States. It hightlights their careers in economics (Elka) and engineering (Samuel), though they immigrated after they retired. They mention an adopted child (children?) but their names are unclear. Hard to understand at times, probably due to the subjects learning English later in life, however most of it is legible.
Dates:
October 19, 1988
Kotkin, Max and David, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Subjects
Subjects include: David Kotkin's role as contributor to cause of Jewish education in the greater hartford area; jewish education; Hartford Jewish Federation; honors received by David Kotkin; Max Kotkin Fund; UCONN sports; Kotkin's death. Scope and Contents Hand-filled biographical form of David Kotkin; Memo to Judge Jerry Wagner detailing service of Kotkin on behalf of Jewish education in the Greater Hartford area; Photocopies of news...
Dates:
undated
Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy (Hartford Yeshiva) records
File
Identifier: M 20
Scope and Contents Note
The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy records(1940-2012; 7.5 cubic feet) documents the history of the Academy.A large portion of this collection consists of materials describing various volunteer and fundraising efforts by the school. The second major accretion to this collectionn was material accumulated by Leon Chameides while in the process of writing his book "Teach them Dilligently to Your Children: The Story of the Yeshiva of Hartford/Bess and Paul Sigel...
Dates:
1940 - 2012
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- Jewish Education 6
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 6
- Anti-Semitism 3
- Beth El Temple 3
- Businesses & Professions -- Lawyer 3
- Businesses & Professions -- Real Estate 3
- Businesses -- Grocery 3
- Factories 3
- Family History 3
- Growing up Jewish 3
- Growing up Jewish in Europe 3
- Growing up Jewish in Russia 3
- Growing up Jewish in Ukraine 3
- Growing up in Russia 3
- Hebrew Union College 3
- Immigrant(s) 3
- Immigration 3
- Interpreter 3
- Israel 3
- Jewish Community Center 3
- Jewish Family Services 3
- Jewish Ledger 3
- Jews, Russian 3
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 3
- Life in Russia 3
- Politics 3
- Religious Education 3
- Religious Life 3
- Russia 3
- Russian Revolution 3
- Social Welfare 3
- Soviet Jewry 3
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 3
- War Veterans 3
- World War, 1939-1945 3
- Yiddish 3
- oral histories (literary works) 3
- Americanization 1
- Catholic Church 1
- Connecticut, USA 1
- Denial 1
- Genocide 1
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society 1
- Holocaust 1
- Holocaust -- Second Generation 1
- Nazis/ Nazi Germany 1
- War Criminals 1
- Witnesses 1
- Yeshiva of Hartford 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- motion picture film 1
- photographs 1