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An Annual Time to Remember
Chaplain Ken Vinal of Trinity Prep School in Central Florida says, "Yom HaShoah is a day, a time that is difficult to face, the inhumanity and all that happened."
He participated in the 2010 Yom HaShoah event at the Holocaust Education...
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Rebecca Ethridge, a Winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest
Wekiva High School student Rebecca Ethridge, a winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest, reads her poem, "Humanity". She describes her Holocaust Remembrance Day artwork as a poem about taking on responsibility.
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The South Florida Sentinel - Orlando, Florida
ABOVE: Advertisement published in The South-Florida Sentinel on November 1, 1895, page 5. The Sells Brother's Circus - The Greatest Show On Earth! - merged with P. T. Barnum who retained the well-known slogan!
For a long time, what we now...
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Jack Branham, Sr.
Jack Branham, Sr. is remembered as one of Orlando's most respected businessmen. During World War I he served in the Navy, then attended Rollins College. After a stint in the automobile business he joined with Richard Tucker to form Tucker...
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"The Meal" filmed in Winter Park 1974
Carl Betz and Dina Merrill starred in writer / director R. John Hughs' film "The Meal" filmed in a home in Winter Park in 1974.
On May 8, 1974, actor Carl Betz and actress Dina Merrill agreed to do a PSA...
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Montague Sisters
The Montague Sisters - Bernie Montague Bogue and Bessie Montague Warren (93) were born and raised here in Orlando, their parents having met here in the1870s. They reminisce growing up and living in Orlando with Hatabel Hyer.
This interview was conducted...
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Interview with Judge Roger A. Barker
Born in Orlando and a graduate of Orlando Senior High School, Circuit Court Judge Roger Atmar Barker served for 22 years on the 9th Judicial Court in Orlando.
Listen to oral history interview below with Judge Roger A. Barker conducted on...
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Helen Garfinkel Greenspun World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma
Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel's World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma which she earned while living in Displacement Camp.
Helen Garfinkel lived at the Ainring, Germany Displaced Persons Camp from 1946-1949. The displaced persons cam...
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Sells Brothers' Circus - Orlando 13 November 1895
ABOVE: The November 1, 1895 edition of the South-Florida Sentinel includes the above advertisement for the Sells Brothers' Circus - "The Greatest Show on Earth," and an article written by the newspaper staff.
BIGGEST HOLIDAY EVER KNOWN IN THE HISTORY OF...
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Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun Visits Chmielnik, Poland
July 25, 2008, Heritage Florida Jewish News (Page 2) special on Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun's journey from Orlando, FL to Chmielnik, Poland, her childhood home.
In 1942 German Nazis took Helen and her siblings Bela, Nsathan, Regina and Sonia from C...
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Holocaust Commemoration Day Reflections with Lawrence Kolin of Orlando
I come every year because I'm a...survivor. And so I come to pay my respects. And I wouldn't be here today if my family hadn't escaped. So, I'm always very solemn on this day and thankful that some folks in...
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R. L. Hyer & Company Livery
Messrs. R. L. Hyer & Co., have sold their entire livery business to Menefee & Palmer and W. M. Matthews of the Orlando Transfer Company, Mr. Matthews buying two-thirds and Menefee & Palmer one-third of the outfit. The transfer took...
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