Hiding
Marcia Spies
Jewish Survivor
During the war, Marcia hid with a family with two older daughters who were very kind to her. This was a huge sacrifice this family took to keep Marcia in their home.
Gender: Female
DOB: Dec 12, 1929
City of birth: Kaunas
Country of birth: Lithuania
Ghettos: Kaunas (Lithuania)
Camps: Kauen (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: concealment of Jewish identity
Hy Abrahms
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
Hy remembers his father's decision to hide the family after Jews were ordered to leave their homes. He recalls the betrayal of his family by a man they knew.
Gender: Male
DOB: Aug 15, 1924
City of birth: Novoselice
Country of birth: Czechoslovakia
Ghettos: Mátészalka (Hungary)
Camps: Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland), Ebensee (Austria), Mauthausen (Austria), Melk (Austria), Krakau-Plaszow (Poland)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: displaced persons campsMarcia Spies
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
During the war, Marcia hid with a family with two older daughters who were very kind to her. This was a huge sacrifice this family took to keep Marcia in their home.
Gender: Female
DOB: Dec 12, 1929
City of birth: Kaunas
Country of birth: Lithuania
Ghettos: Kaunas (Lithuania)
Camps: Kauen (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: concealment of Jewish identityKristine Keren
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
Kristine Keren remembers how she and her father escaped from the Lwów ghetto in Poland and spent fourteen months hiding in the sewers beneath the city.
Gender: Female
DOB: October 28, 1935
City of Birth: Lwów (Poland)
Country of Birth: Poland
Ghettos: Lwów (Poland : Ghetto)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: ghetto escapes, roundup evasion