Barbara Schubak explains what happened when she snuck back to her old house from the ghetto. Her longtime neighbors had moved in and refused to let her in, even though they had been friends for years.
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Armenian Genocide survivor Koko Mazloumian describes his family's hotel, the Baron, in Aleppo, Syria, and a few of the poeple who stayed there during the genocide period.
Sol Filler shares two examples of how jokes helped him get through the difficult experiences of the Holocaust.
Iraqi Holocaust survivor J. Khazzoom describes an incident in which he and his brother decided to prepare boiling water to pour on a mob coming to attack their home. His father told them that Jews do not kill anyone and made them stop.
Jack Warga explains the difficulties he and his father had keeping their memories of the Holocaust alive years later when many people had stopped caring about what happened.
Ralph Romberg explains how surviving the Holocaust insired him to stand up for all people who are victims of discrimination and prejudice.
Gabor Hirsch describes his physical condition when Soviet soldiers liberated him in Auschwitz on January 27, 1945.
Elie Borowski is overcome with emotion remembering the French army's retreat after the fall of Paris in 1940.
Jewish survivor William Good shares his incredible escape story from the Ponary massacre in Lithuania.