Stone, Victor (Otto Victor Katzenstein Stone)
Biography
Victor was born in Germany to Paul and Meta Loewenstein Katzenstein (name changed to Stone.) He was named Otto in honor of his father's brother who died in WWI. Meta Stone's youngest brother emigrated to the United States in 1936 and set up a medical practice in New York state. Loewenstein filled out affidavits to get members of his family out of Germany. When Victor was 16 he was sent to New York and then to Arizona where Meta's oldest brother and his family had settled years before. Paul and Meta Stone escaped Germany and settled in New York state. Victor enlisted in the Army and served for four years, primarily in California. He met Margot Nashelsky at a USO dance in San Francisco, they married and went to Arizona. Margot's parents Julius and Friedl Nashelsky owned a store in Fowler, Colorado, and in 1950 Victor and Margot Stone took over running the Ben Fraklin store in Fowler.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, 1891-1994
Former Jews of Munster, June 1991
Group photograph of former Jews of Munster, Germany in the Munster town hall, including Victor and Ernest Stone. The individuals in the photograph are identified.
Scrapbook of Victor Stone, 1942-1945
Photographs of Victor Stone while he was in the army during World War II in California where he was stationed most of his service and while in India in 1945.
Victor and Margot Nashalsky Stone Papers
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