Ez a letölthető videó a USC Soá Alapítvány Vizuális Töténelmi Archívumából származó interjúklipeket tartalmaz. At interjúkat olyan zsidó holokauszt-túlélőkkel vették fel, akik a lengyel Oświęcim városában születtek és nevelkedtek. A város ma a megszálló német adminisztráció által felállított auschwitzi lágerkomplexumról ismert. Mielőtt Auschwitz létrejött volna, Oświęcim városában virágzó és sokszínű zsidó közösség élt.

Tento střihový film, který si můžete stáhnout do svého počítače, obsahuje úryvky ze svědectví pamětníků Holocaustu z archivu vizuální historie USC Shoah Foundation. Všichni se narodili v polském městě Osvětim (Oświęcim), dnes nechvalně proslulém díky systému koncentračních táborů pojmenovaném Auschwitz, který ve městě a jeho okolí vybudovala německá okupační správa.

Cette vidéo téléchargeable a été réalisée à l’aide de clips extraits des témoignages de survivants juifs de la Shoah (des archives  audiovisuelle de l’USC Shoah Foundation) qui sont nés et ont grandi dans la ville polonaise d' Oświęcim, sinistrement célèbre pour avoir été le lieu d´emplacement du camp d'Auschwitz crée par l´administration nazie allemande pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

Yaakov Handeli was born in a middle-class Jewish family on July 23, 1927 in Salonika, Greece. He was the youngest of six children; he had two brothers and
three sisters. His father, Shlomoh, co-owned a building material business. Ladino speaker at home, Yaakov attended a private, Ladino-language primary school and a
Gymnasium, where he studied in Greek.

Régine Jacubert (née Skørka) was born January 24, 1920 in Zagórów, Poland. Her father, Yacob Skørka taught Hebrew and Yiddish in a Yeshiva. Her mother, Slatka
Szejman was a milliner. She had three brothers. The family left for France in 1930, settling in Nancy.

Vera Gissing (née Diamant) was born on July 4, 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Her father, Karel, owned a wine and spirits business in
Celakovice, near Prague. Her mother, Irma, ran the business office. Vera attended a local Gymnasium and was very proud to be a Czech citizen. She had a sister, Eva,
four years her senior.

Elizabeth Holtzman was born on August 11, 1941 in New York, NY, United States. Her father, Sidney, was an attorney and her mother was a college professor. Elizabeth graduated from Brooklyn’s Abraham Lincoln High School in 1958 and Radcliffe College in 1962. During the summer of 1963, after her first year of law school at Harvard, Elizabeth travelled to Albany, GA, to assist civil rights lawyer C.B. King in fighting for justice. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1965 and entered public service.

Clara Isaacman (née Heller) was born in Borsa, Romania, before WWII. Due to rampant anti-Semitism, her family left Romania and moved to Antwerp, Belgium in
the late 1920s, when Clara was a child. Clara’s father, Shalom, was in the diamond business and owned a soda factory. Clara attended a Hebrew school and a public
school in Antwerp.

Sonia Klein (née Joskowicz) was born on June 16, 1925 in Warsaw, Poland. Her parents Itzack and Jospa Joskowicz, ran a family business selling fruit, vegetables, wood, and coal. Sonia was the oldest of three children; she had a sister and a brother. Before the war, she attended a public school and aspired to be a teacher.

Simone Lagrange (nee Kadousche) was born on October 23, 1930 in Saint-Fons, France, near Lyon. Originally from Morocco, her parents Simon Kadousche and
Rachel came to France in the 1920s.