Our People of the Century Miles Lerman: A Holocaust Survivor

Miles Lerman, a Vineland businessman, traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, collecting artifacts and money to build the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

A Holocaust survivor, Lerman has served on the Holocaust Memorial Council since 1980 and was appointed chairman in 1993.

In 1994, it was announced that an academic wing of the museum would be named in his honor.

Lerman first came to Vineland in 1948 and opened a poultry farm. He later owned Miles Petroleum and was well known in the area for operating Amoco gas stations.