100 Days to Inspire Respect
Tom Lantos is the only Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who went on to become a US Congressman. He shares his views on values and citizen responsibility in a democracy.
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In this footage following the filming of the 1998 USC Shoah Foundation documentary The Last Days, Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana pays tribute to her sister Edith during a return visit to Bergen Belsen.
Jewish survivor Lolly Samoch remembers how frightened she was when the Gestapo came to her home asking for her father. This clip is part of the Visual History Archive's Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre collection.
Czech Holocaust survivor Eva Herrmannová describes an incident at school when a boy called her an antisemitic name and she physically attacked him. To her surprise, the teacher reprimanded the boy and told her she was right.
100 Days to Inspire Respect
In this clip Holocaust survivor Peter Prager describes an example of how he and his Jewish classmates were made to feel inferior, or less than his non-Jewish classmates.
Charlotte McKern, who survived the Holocaust by taking refuge in Shanghai, shares the story of how she met her husband, Robert Grosslight, a physician who’d been released from the Dachau concentration camp in Germany to migrate to Shanghai.
Abraham Zuckerman was saved by Oskar Schindler, when he was selected to work in Schindler’s factory. Zuckerman reflects on his decision to give his testimony and the importance of collecting survivor and eyewitness testimonies to the Holocaust.
Renee describes her life in America after the war, including her marriage, career as a fashion designer, and decision to start speaking about her experiences during the Holocaust. This is part of USC Shoah Foundation's Women's History Month series.
Holocaust rescuer Irene Opdyke gave her testimony to Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco in 1993 and again to USC Shoah Foundation in 1995. Here, she speaks in each interview about why she shares her story.
Jewish survivor George Scott remembers encountering a man with a disturbing smile on his face standing on top of a roof where George had gone to hide. This clip is part of the Visual History Archive's Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre collection.