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Alex recalls listening to Adolf Hitler's radio addresses before the war. He remembers how Polish Jews living in Germany were expelled from the country.
jewish survivor, clip, prewar, male, alex chevion / Saturday, May 4, 2013
Steve recalls how Jewish kids were harassed at school and Polish kids and Jewish kids played separately.
jewish survivor, prewar, clip, male, Steve Lewkowicz / Saturday, May 4, 2013
Margaret Lambert speaks about her childhood and relationship with her immediate family in pre-war Germany. She discusses her Jewish identity.
Gender: FemaleDOB: April 12, 1914City of Birth: Laupheim (Germany)Country of Birth: GermanyGhettos: N/AWent into hiding: NoOther experiences: N/A
jewish survivor, prewar, clip, female, margaret lambert / Saturday, May 4, 2013
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.
hiding, jewish survivor, clip, male, hy abrahms / Sunday, May 5, 2013
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.
hiding, jewish survivor, clip, female, marcia spies / Sunday, May 5, 2013
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
hiding, jewish survivor, clip, female, kristine keren / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Henry talks about living in the Warsaw ghetto. He tells of his efforts to acquire food for his family and describes how he snuck in and out of the ghetto through rain gutters.
ghetto, jewish survivor, clip, male, henry greenblatt / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Nathan recalls sharing a living space with his family in the ghetto and how they didn't get to shower everyday. He also recalls that children were not as concerned as the adults but wondered when everything was going to end.
ghetto, jewish survivor, clip, male, nathan peters / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Helen Fagin decribes the 'cultural resistance' through education in the Radomsko ghetto in Poland. She explains how reading a Polish translation of Gone With the Wind allowed her and her students to at least temporarily dream of a different world outside the reality of the ghetto.
ghetto, jewish survivor, clip, female, helen fagin / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Erna recalls arrival and intake procedures at Auschwitz-Birkenau. She describes the fate of newly arrived internees. Erna talks about volunteering for work, a measure she employed in vain to be reunited with her parents.
camps, jewish survivor, clip, female, erna anolik / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
George recalls a guard who allowed George and his brother 20 minutes to find their mother inside of a camp. It was the last time they saw her.
camps, jewish survivor, clip, male, George Gottlieb / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Ellis Lewin remembers arrival at Auschwitz and separation of family members. He explains his parents' efforts to survive the selection.
Gender: MaleDOB: May 22, 1932City of Birth: Lódz (Poland)Country of Birth: PolandGhettos: Lódz (Poland : Ghetto)Went into hiding: YesOther experiences: Displaced persons camps
camps, jewish survivor, clip, male, ellis lewin / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Esther talks about her lack of awareness of wartime political events while hiding in Italy. She describes her liberation by members of the Jewish Brigade. Esther speaks of her struggle with identity which ensued after liberation from living in both hiding and under a false name.
liberation, jewish survivor, clip, female, esther bem / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Liberator
James recalls 10 days of fighting Germans until they surrendered. While searching for a place for the American soldiers to stay for the night, he encountered a barrack with prisoners. He describes the horrors of those images as well as his efforts to get medical attention to the survivors.
liberation, liberator, clip, male, James Hayes / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Irene recounts her experience of being liberated by the British Army from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in April 1945. She describes that by the time of her liberation she was too sick and too desensitized by her experiences to feel any emotions even though she realized the war was over.
liberation, jewish survivor, clip, female, Irene Weiss / Sunday, May 5, 2013
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.
post-war, jewish survivor, clip, female, miriam tauber / Sunday, May 5, 2013
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.
post-war, jewish survivor, clip, female, romana farrington / Sunday, May 5, 2013
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 camps
post-war, jewish survivor, clip, female, malka baran / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Cambodian Genocide Survivor
Phansy details how she was affected by losing both her parents and children during the genocide.
Born: December 10, 1950City of Birth: Phnom Penh (Cambodia)Country of birth: CambodiaCooperatives: Kandal province (Cambodia); Pursat province (Cambodia)Liberated by: Vietnamese armed forcesLiberation location: Pursat province (Cambodia)
family loss, cambodian survivor, clip, female, phansy peang / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Survivor of Genocide in Rwanda
Emmanuel talks about the last time he saw his pregnant cousin alive.
Born: January 10, 1975City of Birth: Rutonde (Rwamagana, Rwanda)In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)Liberation location: Nyamirambo (Kigali, Rwanda)
family loss, rwandan survivor, clip, male, emmanuel gatali / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Survivor of Genocide in Rwanda
Venuste describes losing his daughter right before his eyes.
Born: 1953
City of Birth: Kabagali (Gitarama, Rwanda)
In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)
Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Liberation location: Nyanza (Kicukiro, Kigali, Rwanda)
family loss, rwandan survivor, clip, male, Venuste Karasira / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish SurvivorVladka was involved in the illegal youth organization, Zukunft, which helped to clandestinely provide literature, music and education in the Warsaw ghetto. Their contributions lifted the spirits of the ghetto inhabitants and encouraged them to believe that their current situation would eventually pass.
united nations, un, women, clip, jewish survivor, female, vladka meed / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Roma-Sinti SurvivorJulia describes how her family’s lack of awareness of war events led to their incarceration at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.Gender: FemaleDOB: 4/15/1926City of birth: EisernCountry of birth: GermanyCamps: Schlieben (Germany), Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland)
united nations, un, women, female, clip, Julia Lentini / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Anita was selected to become a member of the women’s camp orchestra as a cellist. Despite being out of practice, she felt no danger in auditioning for this role since they desperately needed a cellist. Playing in the orchestra kept her safe during the war.
DOB: 1/1/1925
City of birth: Breslau
Country of birth: Germany
Camps: Bergen-Belsen (Germany)
Other exp: prisons, identity concealment
united nations, un, women, female, clip, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Survivor
Agnes describes her experience working in the camp hospital at Auschwitz II-Birkenau and her good fortune for her work assignment as a medical assistant. She attributes her survival to her cousin, a prisoner doctor, for giving her this opportunity.
DOB: 5/3/1926
City of birth: Satu Mare
Country of birth: Romania
Ghettos: Satu Mare (Romania)
Camps: Salzwedel (Germany), Auschwitz (Poland), Braunschweig (Germany)
united nations, un, women, female, clip, Agnes Kun / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Anna helped to smuggle gunpowder collected from the factory where her sister worked to Sonderkommando prisoners at a crematorium in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The Sonderkommando led a revolt that destroyed the crematorium, and almost all of them were killed along with Anna’s sister and three other female prisoners who helped to organize the uprising.
united nations, un, women, clip, female, anna heilman / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish SurvivorEsther points out the people who, even in those difficult war years, inspired great acts of altruism. She recognizes the courage and compassion of those who offered help to victims of the Holocaust.DOB: 6/23/1930City of birth: OsijekCountry of birth: YugoslaviaWent into hiding: YesOther exp: identity concealment
united nations, un, women, female, clip, esther bem / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Holocaust Survivor
Mr. Rosmarin plays Schubert's Serenade on his harmonica, one of the pieces he played during his incarceration in the concentration camps. His ability to play the harmonica helped save his life during the war.
music, jewish survivor, clip, male, performance / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Holocaust Survivor
Morris talks about spending Rosh Hashanah—the holiday commemorating the start of the Jewish New Year—in a labor camp in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1944. He recalls pleading with the camp barber not to shave his hair, because it was Rosh Hashanah.
religious, religion, holiday, rosh hashana, male, clip, morris ostreicher / Sunday, May 5, 2013
Jewish Holocaust Survivor
Ruth talks about the decision to fast on Yom Kippur—also known as the Day of Atonement—in Auschwitz II-Birkenau as a form of resistance.
Gender: FemaleDOB: 1928City of birth: CuheaCountry of birth: RomaniaGhettos: Dragomiresti (Romania)Went into hiding: NoOther experiences: Concentration camps: Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland), Bergen-Belsen Germany); Displaced persons camps
religion, religious, holiday, yom kippur, female, clip, ruth brand / Sunday, May 5, 2013