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Cassel, Ernest L., 1917-2005

 Person

Biography

Fled Germany in 1939 to Shanghai, then US in 1949; Married to Dorothy V.; founding members of Rodef Shalom

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Allied Jewish Federation Leaders, circa 1967

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0037.00048
Abstract

Members of the Allied Jewish Federation Merchantile Division pose together. Front row left to right Howard Kaplan, Harold Leventhal - Merchantile Chairman, Joe Kahn, Jack Levinson - Retailing Chairman, Harry Vacas, Eugene Alpert and standing in the back row left to right Jerry Jacobs, Harold Kapelovitz, Sanford Alpert - Trades Co-Chairman, Ernest Cassell, Morton Margolin, and Irwin Levy.

Dates: circa 1967

Oral History Interview with Dorothy and Ernest Cassel, 1981 July 24

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Identifier: B098.13.0010.00008
Abstract

Interview covers Ernest fleeing Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, eventually coming to the US in 1949; focus is on founding of Rodef Shalom and history since; separating from BMH.

Dates: 1981 July 24

Oral History Interview with Ernest Cassel, 1982 February 18

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Identifier: B098.16.0011.00011
Abstract

Interview covers pre-war life growing up in Berlin, Germany. Father died after WWI but had a large extended family in Berlin. In 1939, fled to Shanghai to survive. Immigrated to Denver in 1948.

Dates: 1982 February 18

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Berlin (Germany) 1
Colorado 1
Conservative Judaism 1
Holocaust survivors 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 1