Rose Hoffman was interviewed by Miriam Creemer in 1980.

Fanny Hoffman was interviewed by Miriam Creemer in 1980.

Elsa Lorch Hirsh was interviewed by Ginger Jacobs on February 21, 1978.

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.