Solly Border diploma

Identifier
irn560670
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.490.13
Dates
1 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1957
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560670

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Solly Border

Biographical History

Solly Border (born Solly Oisie, 1931-2013) was born on 13 March 1931 in Bucharest, Romania to Yancu and Feiga Border. He had sister, Ella. Solly and his family survived Nazi persecution in Romania during World War II. He studied chemical engineering at the Polytechnic University in Iași, Romania and graduated in 1957. He and his wife Rose and son Lee immigrated to the United States in 1971. Solly worked in real estate and business, and later authored several books. His son Lee died in a helicopter crash while he was serving in the United States Army. Solly died in 2013.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claudia Greif

The diploma was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Claudia Greif in 2014. Claudia was a family friend of Solly.

Scope and Content

Solly Border's diploma in chemical engineering, awarded to him from the Polytechnic University in Iași, Romania in 1957.

People

  • Border, Solly, 1931-2013.

Subjects

  • Jews--Romania.
  • Engineering students.
  • Iași (Romania)

Genre

  • Diplomas.
  • Document
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