UManfred Steinfeld, oneminyaka engama-95, umseki weShelby Williams Industries, uphilanthropist ongumYuda kunye novulindlela kwiKhontrakthi yeFenitshala yeFenitshala, usweleke nge-30 kaJuni ngo-2019 eFlorida.
Wazalwa ngoAprili 29, 1924 eJosbach, eJamani. Ndiyabulela kwi-Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society yaseChicago, uMnumzana Steinfeld wasinda kwintshutshiso yamaNazi waza wafika eChicago eneminyaka eyi-14 ukuze ahlale nomakazi. Emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iHyde Park, wangena emkhosini.
Wazalwa ngoAprili 29, 1924 eJosbach, eJamani. Ndiyabulela kwi-Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society yaseChicago, uMnumzana Steinfeld wasinda kwintshutshiso yamaNazi waza wafika eChicago eneminyaka eyi-14 ukuze ahlale nomakazi. Emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iHyde Park, wangena emkhosini.
UMnu. Steinfeld waya kwisikolo sobuntlola emkhosini apho ulwazi lwakhe lwesiJamani lwamenza ukuba abe yingcaphephe kumkhosi waseJamani. Wayexhomekeke kwi-82nd ICandelo le-Airborne kwaye wazibalula njengeparatrooper efumana i-Purple Heart kunye neembasa zeBronze Star. Kwakhona wabandakanyeka ekuguquleleni uxwebhu olungenamiqathango lokunikezela kwisiJamani xa i-21st Iqela lomkhosi waseJamani lanikezela kwi-82nd Yathunyelwa emoyeni ngoMeyi 2, 1945.
Emva kwemfazwe, weva ukuba unina nodade wabo, ababesele eJamani bafa ngowe-1945 kwinkampu yoxinaniso. Umninawa wakhe, uNaftali, owayethunyelwe ePalestina, wafa esilwela ukusekwa kwelizwe lamaYuda.
UMnu. Steinfeld waphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseRoosevelt ngo-1948 ngesidanga soshishino. Kwandula ke ngowe-1954 uMnu. Steinfeld kunye neqabane lakhe bathenga inkampani yefenitshala engasenamali eChicago baza bayibiza ngokuba yiShelby Williams Industries. Inkampani yakha udumo lwayo ekuveliseni ifenitshala ehlangabezana neemfuno ezithile kunye neeshedyuli zabayili abasebenzela ihotele kunye neshishini lokutyela.
Njengoko intengiso ikhula ngokuthe ngcembe, ngo-1962 uMnumzana Steinfeld wandisa amaziko okuvelisa eMorristown, TN. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva inkampani yaya esidlangalaleni. Kamva yathengwa yiRCA yaye ngowe-1976 uMnu. Steinfeld wayithenga kwakhona le nkampani. Ngo-1983, wathatha uShelby Williams esidlangalaleni kwakhona waba yenye yeenkampani ezimbalwa ukusuka ngasese ukuya kuluntu ukuya kubucala kwaye emva koko kuluntu kwakhona.
U-Shelby Williams unikwe imbeko ngokuphuhlisa isitulo sokuqala sokupakisha i-tubular eyaba ngumgangatho kwiindawo zesidlo kunye neendawo zoluntu kwihlabathi jikelele. Inkampani yakhula ngokuthengwa okubandakanya i-Thonet Industries, inkampani yase-Austrian eyasekwa nguMichael Thonet, umphuhlisi wenkqubo yefenitshala ye-bentwood. Ukufunyanwa kuquke amaqhekeza amandulo angama-40 eThonet. UMnu. Steinfeld wongeze iziqwenga ezongezelelweyo, esakha eyona ngqokelela inkulu yefanitshala yeThonet.
UMnu. Steinfeld uye waseka uMbutho wabavelisi bekhontrakthi owathi wabeka isiseko soShishino lweFenitshala yeSibhambathiso. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva ngo-1968 ngenkxaso evela kwi-Merchandise Mart, wancedisa ekuququzeleleni umboniso wokuqala worhwebo. Umboniso kamva waba yi-NEOCON®, iMboniso yeSizwe yeZibonelelo zeKhontrakthi kunye nomboniso omkhulu wezinto zangaphakathi zorhwebo eMntla Melika.
Ngowe-1999 xa uMnu. Steinfeld wathengisa iShelby Williams, wanikela ingxelo yokuba le nkampani yayinengeniso nyaka ngamnye kwiminyaka engama-46 yoshishino, yafikelela kwii-$165 lezigidi ekuthengiseni nasekushishineni kumazwe angama-87.
UMnu. Steinfeld uye wawongwa ngobunkokeli bakhe, ubuchule boshishino kunye nesisa sakhe. Phakathi kwamawonga akhe ngala: iHoratio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans ngowe-1981; I-American Jewish Committee Humanitarian Award yoNyaka kwi-1986; Isiseko sokuBulawa kwabantu base-Illinois 8th Imbasa yoNyaka yoLuntu ngo-1993; iMbasa yeLifetime Achievement, ebizwa ngokuba “yiManny,” evela Hospitality Design Magazine ngo-1999; kunye neMbasa yeSikhumbuzo kaJulius Rosenwald evela kwiJewish Federation of Chicago ngo-2000. Ngo-2014 abakwaSteinfelds bafumana iMbasa yeSizwe yobuNkokheli kwi-US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Ekunye nomfazi wakhe, uFern, amaziko amaninzi emfundo, inkcubeko, inkolo, inkonzo yezentlalo kunye nezonyango aye azuza kwisisa sawo. Yena-
- Kubonelelwe ngemali engaphezulu kwe-500 yokufunda kubafundi abafunda kwiYunivesithi yaseTennessee, eKnoxville, TN;
- Unikwe i-20th Igalari yobuGcisa be-Century yaseMelika kwi-Art Institute yaseChicago kwaye ixhaswa kuMboniso weFenitshala yaseBentwood kwi-Art Institute enefenitshala evela kwingqokelela yakhe;
- Kusekwe iGalari yoMgangatho wesihlanu kwiHolo yeOkhestra, eChicago;
- Ukusekwa koSihlalo weNjingalwazi kwi-Weitzman Institute of Science, eRehovot, kwaSirayeli;
- Umseki kunye nomfazi wakhe we-United States Holocaust Museum, eWashington DC;
- Kusekwe kwaye wanikwa iManfred Steinfeld School of Hospitality Management kwiYunivesithi yaseRoosevelt yaseChicago;
- Kusekwe iDanny Cunniff Leukemia Research Laboratory kwisibhedlele saseHadassah, eYerusalem, kwaSirayeli kwinkumbulo yomzukulwana wakhe.
Ubomi obumangalisayo bukaMnu. Steinfeld kunye negalelo lobuqu kunye nelobuchule libhalwe kushicilelo, kumabonakude nakwividiyo. Ngowe-1992, iZiko loBugcisa eChicago lapapasha incwadi ebizwa ngokuba Ngokuchasene neeNkozo: Ifenitshala yaseBentwood evela kwiNgqokelela kaFern noManfred Steinfeld. Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, Ilifa LeSimbo yapapashwa ibalisa ngembali yeShelby Williams Industries. Wayebonakaliswe kwi-documentary kwi-CNN kubaphathi bezoshishino abaphumeleleyo; Umboniso kamabonakude wePBS, “Iiprofayili zeMpumelelo;” nenkqubo yeDiscovery Channel ethi, “Nightmare’s End” engokukhululwa kweenkampu zoxinaniso emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II. I-documentary ka-2000 ethi "Victim & Victor," yividiyo yebhayografi kaMnu. Steinfeld. Incwadi, UBomi Bugqibezela Uhambo lukaManfred Steinfeld, epapashwe ngo-2013, ichaza ibali lobomi bakhe obumangalisayo. Kutshanje uye wavela kule ncwadi Oonyana namajoni nguBruce Henderson malunga namaYuda abalekele amaNazi kwaye alwa noMkhosi wase-US ngokuchasene noHitler.
