Personal Histories: Holocaust
These narratives are the true stories of people from our local community who endured the horrors of the Holocaust, suffering through unimaginable conditions. Their survival is a testimonial to the strength of the human spirit.
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Erica Rosenthal
My life might have been similar to yours if Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had not come to power in Germany in 1933.
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Ellen Dorman
Before the war, I cannot recall any antisemitism, but I was sent to Jewish schools and only had Jewish friends. In fact...
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Gerard Blumenthal
I was born February 27, 1931. Before the Holocaust I lived in Brigitenau, the 20th ward in Vienna, Austria.
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Helena Flaum
My story begins with my mother’s family, the Satz family, in our hometown, Rawa Ruska.
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Manfred Rosenthal
I was born at home in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on September 19, 1926, to Erna and Milan Rosenthal. I had an...
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Ruth Rosenfeld
Through miraculous situations I continue to uncover people from my past. I have also reconnected with other “children” who were in the...
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Susan Diamond
I was born in 1947 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. I lived there with my parents and younger sister.
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Lily Levy
I was born after the war in Siedlce (Shedlitz), Poland, my parents’ hometown. I was a few months old when we moved...
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Sheila Schindel
Throughout my childhood when I asked my parents about their years spent living and growing up in Europe, they discouraged any conversation...
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Leah Rosenberg
My father was born in 1908 in the town of Lida, Poland. He had an older sister, Gita, and two younger brothers...