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Biographical essay about Ben Lesser, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Bejamin Lesser escaped Poland to temporary safety in Hungary in 1943. He was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other concentration camps. He survived and was liberated from Dachau in 1945.

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Video, Generations of the Shoah interview with Ben Lesser, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Interview with Ben Lesser by Esther Finder.

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Video, "A Place of Hope: The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden," 2017

Date

2017

Archival Collection

Description

This documentary is about the Warsaw Remembrance Garden at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film is written, produced, and directed by Ben Huber. It provides the historical context of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and tells Henry Kronberg?s and Ben Lesser?s personal stories of survival. Barbara Tabach was a consultant on the film and the off-screen interviewer to whom Henry tells his story. Mark Scheiner is executive producer and Robert Machado is director of photography.

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