Fred, Deborah, I and Julian would like to express our gratitude to the many people who, since the discovery of David Blumenfeld's "Diary" in 2008, have helped shape our thoughts about the book — whether and how to present it to the public.
We would like to thank our family members who contributed to the project, including Bob Hertz, Noah Hertz-Bunzl, and the late Lorraine Hertz, Milton Blumenfeld, and Beth Bentley, as well as the following:
- Agrita Ozola, Director of the Tukums Museum, who graciously escorted us around her hometown in 2012, and devoted many hours over several years to helping us put together and display the exhibit in the Tukums Museum
- Kate Dietrick at the University of Minnesota historic archive
- Linda Schloff, Director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
- Rita Bogdanova of the Latvian State Historical Archives (https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/en) for showing us and translating microfilmed records
- Iļja Ļenskis, Director of the Riga Jewish Museum (https://ebrejumuzejs.lv/en/), for meeting with us and translating information about the Klatsov store, from Agrita Ozola's book TUKUMS
- Aleksandrs Feigmanis for his afternoon guiding us around Tukums
- Randolph Langenbach for his photographic record of our trip to Tukums
- Anna Pace for updating and redesigning this website from its prototype