Cities and Towns

Communities where Michael Edelstein resided
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Image Name Description
Chortkov
Bremerhaven
The author finally departed Europe from here in January 1951
Woodmere
Skala Podolskaya
Polish border town where Michael was born and experienced his ordeal
Skalat
Town with a similar name to which Jewish survivors were evacuated
Ditmas Park
Edelstein & Sons signage in the Ditmas Park neighborhood
Washington Heights
Jewish residents were moving to the suburbs or Florida. In their place came upwardly mobile immigrants