Hiding
These testimony segments focus on physical concealment (as an individual or part of a family) to avoid ghettoization, incarceration, deporation, or other forms of persecution
Hy Abrahms
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 camps
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