Rebuilding After the Holocaust

Hear Holocaust survivors share how they rebuilt their lives after the war, finding new homes, forming families, and carrying the memory of those they lost into the future.

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Arie B.

Arie Birnbaum was born in Poland in 1930. His childhood was abruptly shattered on September 1, 1939—the day World War II began—when, just before his tenth birthday, his father told...
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Arie S Holocaust Survivor Testimony

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Arie S.

In Arie Holocaust Survivor Testimony, Arie reflects on the devastating impact of Nazi occupation on his childhood and family, describing the fear, uncertainty, and constant danger faced by Jewish families...
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Denise Hans Fikman Holocaust survivor

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Denise

Denise was born on June 21, 1938, in Paris, France, the fourth of six children. In 1942, when Denise was just four years old, she remembers that her father, aunt,...
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Erika Fabian Holocaust Survivor Testimony

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Erika

Erika's Holocaust Survivor Testimony (Erika Fabian) is a masterclass in adaptation. After surviving the Nazi occupation of Budapest by "hiding in the open" with false Christian papers, Erika endured the...
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Eva Holocaust Survivor Testimony

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Eva

Eva Nathanson is a Holocaust survivor who was born in 1941 in Budapest, Hungary.When she was still a very young child, members of the Hungarian Nyilas, the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross...
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Frank

In Frank’s Holocaust survivor testimony, he recalls being born in Czechoslovakia, near the Hungarian border. His childhood was peaceful and centered around family and community. But in 1938, everything changed....
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Jack Holocaust Survivor Testimony

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Jack

Jack's Holocaust Survivor Testimony is a breathtaking story of physical and spiritual resistance. After narrowly escaping execution at a mass grave, Jack survived the Pionki labor camp and spent a...
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Jack & Terri

Dr. Jack Saltiel was born in Salonika, Greece, into a Jewish community that would soon be devastated by the Holocaust. His survival was due to his mother’s extraordinary foresight and...
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Jackie

Today, in Paris, Jackie, born in Warsaw in 1924, shares her story. She arrived in France at the age of three and grew up in Paris’s 19th arrondissement. As a...
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Jeannette Holocaust survivor

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Jeanette

Jeanette's Holocaust Survivor Testimony (Jeanette Spiegel) reveals the "Kindertransport Paradox." After escaping Vienna for the perceived safety of Belgium, Jeanette was caught in the Nazi dragnet and deported to Auschwitz....
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Joseph Holocaust Survivor Testimony

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Joseph

Joseph's Holocaust survivor testimony reveals the silent struggle of the "hidden children." Forced to live as "Jopie" in the Netherlands, Joseph survived by hiding in basements while German soldiers were...
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Holocaust Survivor Judith

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Judith

Judith's Holocaust Survivor Testimony (Judith Sherman) is a poignant journey from the forests of Slovakia to the barracks of Ravensbrück. As the author of Say the Name, Judith provides a...
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