Irma Hersh was interviewed by Miriam Creemer in 1981. Listen to her oral history below.

Leon was interviewed on August 18, 1992.

Leon’s Grandfather, Adolf Harris, came from Germany. Adolf came to America in 1859 before the war, he opened a business. Leon was born in 1926, in New York City because his mother did not trust Dallas’ medicine, and was taken to East Dallas a few weeks later. His father died when he was 8. He had wanted to be a doctor but became a lawyer instead. He eventually took over the store. He wrote a few books in his time.

Listen to his interview below.

Sarah “Mama” Goodman was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1897, and later relocated to Dallas. She was interviewed by Miriam Creemer in the early 1980s.

Listen to her oral history interview below.

Dora was interviewed by Rose Biderman on August 31, 1989.

She was born in Dallas. The Jewish society found them a place near North Dallas when they needed to move. Later, the family lived in their clothing store but soon gave up the store and moved into one of Barney Schwartz’s apartments. Then they moved again to an apartment in the Jewish section. In school the gentile children would bully, even the Teachers would ignore the Jewish students. Her husband got a loan to open a store that they had for 11 and a half years then moved to a Jewish neighborhood. They decided to move again, so they rented an apartment.

Bess Goldstein was interviewed by Rose Biderman in 1985.