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Chris Lerman, 90: She Helped America Remember the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY Rosalie Chris Lerman, who passed away at 90, was instrumental in Holocaust remembrance efforts alongside her husband, Miles Lerman, a Holocaust survivor and anti-Nazi partisan. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityJewish IdentityHolocaust EducationU.S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumSurvivor StoriesHolocaust RemembranceBelzecRosalie Chris LermanMiles LermanFamily Devotion

Places mentioned

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Rosalie, who continued on with the work they had shared, died May 19, at age 90 in Philadelphia."
Starachowice, Holy Cross, Poland
"Rosalie was born in Starachowice, Poland in 1926, into a childhood decimated by the Great Depression."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"building the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and later the Holocaust Memorial at Belzec."
Belzec, Lublin, Poland
"building the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and later the Holocaust Memorial at Belzec, in Poland."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"was sent to Auschwitz. All three sisters claim that the only reason they all survived was that each felt obligated to take care of the others."
Vineland, New Jersey, United States
"soon settled in Vineland, New Jersey, then a thriving Jewish community composed of new immigrants."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"They came to the United States, first to Brooklyn, and soon settled in Vineland, New Jersey."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Michael Berenbaum is Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute and a Professor of Jewish studies at the American Jewish University in LA."
Israel
"She was dedicated to Israel not mindlessly but lovingly, grateful for its existence, mindful of its fate, concerned about its direction."

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