About this collection
- Convention of the Nashelsker Relief Society, Cleveland, 1937. This group photograph was taken in front of the Kinsman Jewish Center, a local Orthodox congregation. Renee Morgernstern Saltzman donated the photograph, which is part of the unprocessed small collections at Western Reserve Historical Society, SA2015-036. As identified in handwriting on the photograph, the image includes Phil Wasserman (uncle of donor Renee Morgenstern Saltzman), Mildred Wasserman (cousin of donor), and Esther Saltzman Wasserman (aunt of donor). Further on in the front row is Aaron H. Saltzman (father of donor), Robert Saltzman (uncle of donor), Tante Brandel (Brayndl?, aunt of donor), and Max Saltzman (uncle of donor). The Nashelsker Relief Society supported the Jewish community of the town of Nashelsk, also known as Nasielsk, Poland. Aaron H. Saltzman was the half brother of Maurice Saltzman, noted Cleveland businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist. The town of Nasielsk features prominently in the book Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film, by Glenn Kurtz.