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Bodo Zimmermann Papers
Collection
Identifier: OCH-BZ
Abstract
Bodo Zimmermann was born in 1928 in Berlin, Germany, and moved to Shanghai with his family in 1940 after their home and business were confiscated by Nazi officials. The family was left destitute after the move, so at age 13 Zimmermann dropped out of school began an apprenticeship in a bakery in Shanghai. From 1942 to 1945, the family was interned by the Japanese at the Ward Road Camp. After their release, in 1946, Zimmermann found a job as a baker working on the USS LCI 220, which was tasked...
Dates:
1996-2003
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Zinc Printing Plate
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-ZPP
Albert Zoraster Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-AZ
Abstract
A resident of the San Fernando Valley from 1920 to the mid-1970s, Albert Zoraster devoted much of his life to improving the quality of services in the community, particularly in the areas of transportation and municipal services. An active committee volunteer, Mr. Zoraster worked with the Los Angeles City Board of Education, the Mayor's Valley Transportation Committee, Los Angeles City Department of Airports, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, and California State University, Northridge. The...
Dates:
1948-1979; Majority of material found within 1951-1979
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives