Prewar Warsaw Jewish quarter

Benjamin Morris Gasul (1898-1962) was born in Latvia. He traveled to the U.S. on the "Empress of Russia" ship at the age of 16 and settled in Kenosha, WI. He graduated from Rush Medical School in Chicago and continued his studies in Vienna where he married American Lala Rosenzweig (she sang in the opera house). Dr. Gasul practiced pediatrics until 1945 when he became focused on heart disease in children. He developed an academic training program in pediatric cardiology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, published a textbook, and established a monthly meeting where physicians consulted each other on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood heart disease. Named Gasul Club Meetings, these informal sessions still occur today. Dr. Gasul and Lala had three daughters: Gloria Gasul Gottlieb (b. 1928), Sandra Gasul Dreyfuss (b. 1934), and Judith Gasul Simon (b. January 1939; the donor).

Henry S. Newman (1920-2013) was born in Warsaw and lived on Nowolipki Street as pictured in this film. During the war, he remained in the ghetto in Warsaw until 1942 or 1943 when he, along with his mother, father, and two brothers, were discovered in the ruins of a building. Henry and brother Benjamin were sent to Budzyn labor camp near Lublin, and later to other camps, before being liberated from Dachau in 1945. Benjamin died immediately after liberation. Henry married and lived in Munich, Germany directing stage theater performances before emigrating to New York in 1949. He worked in television, and promoted environmental quality. Henry's story was adapted into a play performed at Harvard University - http://www.budzyntheplay.com/. Read the New York Times obituary at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D6133AF937A25757C0A9659D8B63