Roots & Resilience

Once A Flower - a Holocaust Survivor Memoir

Two Interviews with Hon. Judith H. Wizmur (Judge Judy Wizmur) On behalf of The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - Interview conducted by James J. Waldron (March 2019) and Oral History - Interview conducted by Bruce Grohsgal for the Archives & Special Collections at the Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania (2025) https://vimeo.com/1082235296 https://archives.law.upenn.edu/Documents/Detail/oral-history-interview-wit

It was the height of COVID when I received an email from a man named Victor Glezer—G-l-e-z-e-r. I was immediately startled. My father’s name was Victor Gleser—G-l-e-s-e-r—and he had passed away when I was just 12 years old. In the email, this new Victor told me that he believed we might be related. Seeing my father’s name appear so unexpectedly felt almost like a ghost reaching out from beyond the grave. Despite my concern that the email might be some kind of fraud, I respond

A Longport condo celebrates family There is happy confusion and slight chaos in a condominium high above Longport beach. Inside a one-bedroom unit, four generations have gathered, as they often do in summer, to celebrate the simple joys of family. The simple joys of family are shared in the condo by Dina Wizmur and her husband, Teddy Gleser, with their 16-month-old daughter, Maya, and Dina's mother, Judith Wizmur. (Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer)Read more by Sally F