Life After Genocide
These are accounts of life after genocide—including, but not limited to, experiences after liberation from captivity or emergence from hiding—and often includes a message for future generations.
Miriam Tauber
Jewish Survivor
In New York City on September 11, 2001, Miriam contrasts her Holocaust experiences with the events transpiring at the very time of her interview. Miriam notes her desire to protect her children and grandchildren from the hatred she experienced.
Gender: Female
DOB: May 19, 1926
City of birth: Nowy Targ
Country of birth: Poland
Ghettos: Stanislawów (Poland)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: escapes from Aktionen, escapes from the ghettos, escapes from mass shootings, concealment of Jewish identity
Miriam Tauber
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
In New York City on September 11, 2001, Miriam contrasts her Holocaust experiences with the events transpiring at the very time of her interview. Miriam notes her desire to protect her children and grandchildren from the hatred she experienced.
Gender: Female
DOB: May 19, 1926
City of birth: Nowy Targ
Country of birth: Poland
Ghettos: Stanislawów (Poland)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: escapes from Aktionen, escapes from the ghettos, escapes from mass shootings, concealment of Jewish identityRomana Farrington
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
Romana describes growing up in a small Polish town after the war and how her family had to give up most of the space in their home according to Communist rule. They were forced to live together with a family that had an abusive father who tried to attack Romana and her mother.
Gender: Female
DOB: Jun 9, 1941
City of birth: Krosniewice
Country of birth: Poland
Ghettos: Warsaw (Poland), Krosniewice (Poland)
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: concealment of Jewish identityMalka Baran
Language: English
Jewish Survivor
Malka Baran remembers working with children in a displaced persons' camp and notes that it was this work that helped her resume a normal life after the Holocaust.
Gender: Female
DOB: January 30, 1927
City of Birth: Warsaw (Poland)
Country of Birth: Poland
Ghettos: Czestochowa (Poland : Ghetto)
Went into hiding: No
Other experiences: displaced persons campsMore videos of Malka Baran
Malka Baran on Hope
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=318569032844699
Malka Baran’s full testimony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwp5wg6y-MU
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