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Abraham Scharf |
Michael's early partner in real estate investment | Adulthood |
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Advocat Mishkin |
Jewish lawyer in Czortkov who obtained Shulem's discharge from the Red Army | Childhood |
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Daniel Edelstein |
Grandson of the author who works in the family business | Adulthood |
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David Ben-Gurion |
A visionary who was tough to the core | Adolescence, Adulthood |
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David Edelstein |
Grandson of the author who works in the family business | Adulthood |
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Eliyahu Engelbach (Uncle Elio) |
The pious brother of Munye's mother was killed at Borki-Wielke | Childhood |
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Fanya Gottesfeld Heller |
Educator and philanthropist who published her Skala survival memoir | Adulthood |
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Feige Epstein |
The author's mother who urged him to "Run, my child." | Childhood |
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Florence Edelstein |
The author's partner in life and business | Adulthood |
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Gedalia Lachman |
Educator and survivor who wrote the history of Skala’s Jews | Childhood |
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Harvey Kaylie |
One of Michael's mentors in philanthropy | Adulthood |
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Herbie Troyevsky |
Friend from Eschwege and Brooklyn who advised Munye to change his name | Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Israel Blutstein |
Munye witnessed the horrible murder of Lonye's father by Rembocha | Childhood |
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Isser and Tziril Pecker |
Survivor couple who lived with Munye in the aftermath of liberation | Childhood |
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Itzig Epstein (Uncle Itsche) |
Shulem's younger brother who took his place at Borki-Wielke | Childhood |
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Jacob Herzog |
Brooklyn union leader originally from Skala helped Shulem Edelstein find employment | Adulthood |
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Lonye Blutstein |
Munye's closest companion in the bunkers | Childhood, Adolescence |
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Marc Edelstein |
The author's first-born child followed him in business | Adulthood |
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Max Mermelstein |
Skala survivor and community leader who passed away in 2018 | Childhood, Adulthood |
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Melamed Yossel |
The author's stern Hebrew school teacher | Childhood |
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Menachem Begin |
One of many Israeli PMs with whom Michael met | Adulthood |
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Menachem Brettschneider Chemye |
Munye met up with his school chum in the aftermath | Childhood |
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Michael Edelstein |
The author reflecting on life | Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Miriam Hoffman |
Yiddish scholar who introduced Michael and Florence | Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Rabbi Judah Drimmel |
Last rabbi from Skala's family rabbinical dynasty | Childhood |
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Rabbi Shlomo Duchman |
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Ron Edelstein |
Son of the author who followed him in the roofing and property management trades | Adulthood |
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Roofing boss Shenker |
Lower East Side roofer who was Michael's first employer | Adulthood |
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Schloma Peretz Engelbach |
The author's grandfather was a prominent figure in Skala | Childhood |
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Shulem Epstein |
The author's father, a tinsmith by trade, was also a survivor | Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood |
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Sroel the Tailor |
Munye's bunker buddy who joined his household in the aftermath | Childhood |
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Susan Edelstein |
The author's daughter also entered the family business | Adulthood |
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Walter Ruby |
Jewish journalist and interfaith activist; co-author of Live Another Day | Adulthood |
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William Helmreich |
Holocaust survivor scholar; author of Against All Odds | Adulthood |
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Zvi Greenblatt |
Beitar squad leader at Eschwege advised Munye not to join Irgun brigade | Adolescence, Adulthood |