Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971

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Polish American author and newspaper editor, of Cleveland, Ohio.

From the description of Papers, 1911-1971. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 28493955

Polish Jew and journalist who emigrated to America with his wife, Esther Amsterdam. They settled in Cleveland in 1925 and Leon became a publisher and editor of several Jewish publications, as well as the Anglo-Jewish magazine, the Jewish Voice Pictorial. His wife's niece, Sandra Amsterdam, came to live with them in 1938. She married Walter Lowy during World War II. Her father, Adolf Amsterdam, who had been a Soviet prisoner, and her brother, Josef, were the only members of her family to survive the Holocaust. Walter Lowy's cousin, Alice Fluss, corresponded first from Germany and later from Israel, where she immigrated after the war.

From the description of Papers, 1911-1971. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17411436

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creatorOf Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. Papers, 1911-1971. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. Papers, 1911-1971. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
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associatedWith Amsterdam, Adolf. person
associatedWith Amsterdam, Josef. person
associatedWith Fluss, Alice. person
correspondedWith Lowy, Sandra Amsterdam person
associatedWith Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Poland
Poland
Cleveland (Ohio)
Ohio--Cleveland
Ohio
Subject
American literature
American literature
Editing
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust survivors
Jewish journalists
Jews
Journalism
Polish Americans
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Authors, American
Jewish authors
Newspaper editors
Activity

Person

Birth 1885

Death 1971

English,

German,

Polish,

Yiddish

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