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Life Before The War

These testimony segments focus on descriptions of home life, family events, religious observances, and education before the occurrence of genocide.

Alex Chevion

Alex recalls listening to Adolf Hitler's radio addresses before the war. He remembers how Polish Jews living in Germany were expelled from the country.

Gender: Male
DOB: Jul 21, 1924
City of birth: Tarnów
Country of birth: Poland
Ghettos: Tarnów (Poland)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: prisons, concealment of Jewish identity

 

  • Alex Chevion

    Language: English

    Alex recalls listening to Adolf Hitler's radio addresses before the war. He remembers how Polish Jews living in Germany were expelled from the country.

    Gender: Male
    DOB: Jul 21, 1924
    City of birth: Tarnów
    Country of birth: Poland
    Ghettos: Tarnów (Poland)
    Went into hiding: Yes
    Other experiences: prisons, concealment of Jewish identity

     

  • Steve Lewkowicz

    Language: English

    Steve recalls how Jewish kids were harassed at school and Polish kids and Jewish kids played separately.

    Gender: Male
    DOB: Dec 2, 1925
    City of birth: Boleslawiec
    Country of birth: Poland
    Camps: Auschwitz (Poland), Buchenwald (Germany), Dreetz (Germany), Neudachs (Jaworzno, Poland)
    Went into hiding: Yes
    Forced (death) marches: Yes
    Other experiences: displaced persons camps

     

  • Margaret Lambert

    Language: English

    Margaret Lambert speaks about her childhood and relationship with her immediate family in pre-war Germany. She discusses her Jewish identity.

    Gender: Female
    DOB: April 12, 1914
    City of Birth: Laupheim (Germany)
    Country of Birth: Germany
    Ghettos: N/A
    Went into hiding: No
    Other experiences: N/A