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Archives: Survivor Stories
  • An 88-Yr Old Holocaust Survivor Recalls Hearing — “We Are Americans and You are All Free.”

    on May 29, 2016

    “We are Americans, and all of you are free.” That phrase is etched in 88-year-old Henry Greenbaum’s memory as part of the best day of his life. It was told…

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  • JEWELRY FOUND HIDDEN IN HOLOCAUST VICTIM’S MUG AT AUSCHWITZ M– USEUM

    on May 26, 2016

    A Polish-made golden ring was found at the Auschwitz Museum hidden under the false base of an enameled…

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  • Holocaust survivor revisits his nightmare to help young people understand what happened

    on May 20, 2016

    Marcel Zielinski’s early childhood memories involve people clamouring to avoid incineration in the Nazi death camps of his native Poland during the Second…

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  • Holocaust survivors put human face on dark chapter in history

    on May 4, 2016

    Holocaust survivor Max Epstein was a teenager when his father and most of his extended family perished in the Lodz Ghetto of Poland. Epstein, who now lives in Highland Park,…

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  • Harrowing story of the Holocaust survivors still fighting for a dignified life 75 years on

    on May 3, 2016

    Children behind a barbed wire fence at the…

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  • Humor and the Holocaust? Documentary explores the boundaries of comedy and tragedy

    on May 1, 2016

    Is it inappropriate to joke about the Holocaust? Is it acceptable to make fun of slavery? Can we find humor…

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  • At special Seder, Holocaust survivors entrust stories of endurance to the young [photos]

    on April 25, 2016

    In the run up to the Passover holiday, Jewish Family and Children’s Services designed a dinner to help the next generation learn about…

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  • Imre Kertesz, Nobel Laureate Who Survived Holocaust, Dies at 86

    on April 3, 2016

    Imre Kertesz, a Nobel laureate who was acclaimed for his semi-autobiographical novels on surviving the Holocaust and its aftermath, died on Thursday at…

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  • Olga Horak, Holocaust survivor: Heart of the Nation

    on March 20, 2016

    Clothes are important to Olga Horak. A self-taught seamstress, she was in the rag trade all her working life, running a factory and a fashion boutique in Sydney.

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  • ‘I don’t know the secret’: Holocaust survivor named ‘world’s oldest living man’

    on March 14, 2016

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