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When the killing ended those who survived were released from the concentration camps and came out of hiding. Here we present history with a human face: Read the stories of the survivors. Hear them speak.
- About The Project
I had read books and I had seen a lot of documentary films....
- Shep Zitler
A few hundred Jewish survivors returned after the war to...
- Jeannine Burk
Sarah Bluman Rafalowicz defied the Gestapo, saving her...
- Eva Galler
Sources: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust; USHMM, Historical...
- Solomon Radasky
Source: Czech, Auschwitz Chronicle; Encyclopedia of the...
- Joseph Sher
In the wake of the pogrom in Kielce, Poland on July 4, 1946,...
- Photo Gallery
Photographs. There are five categories of photographs in...
- Encyclopedia
Jewish Holocaust survivors grew up in Poland in the 1920’s...
- About The Project
List of Holocaust survivors. A group of Holocaust survivors being met by Ernst Albrecht in Bonn. The people on this list are or were survivors of Nazi Germany 's attempt to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe before and during World War II.
NameSexBirthDeath (age)M( 1924-12-11) December 11, 1924October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) (aged 90)M( 1910-07-02) July 2, 1910August 21, 1988 (1988-08-21) (aged 78)M( 1889-11-17) November 17, 1889November 2, 1963 (1963-11-02) (aged 73)F( 1895-02-11) February 11, 1895May 25, 1971 (1971-05-25) (aged 76)Holocaust survivor David Faber speaks in 2006 about his experiences in nine different concentration camps between 1939 and 1945. After the war, many Holocaust survivors engaged in efforts to record testimonies about their experiences during the war, and to memorialize lost family members and destroyed communities.
- 'It didn't just happen when Hitler came to power' "I mean we had, we lived with antisemitismus [antisemitism], you know it was nothing new to us, because we were born with it, it’s not as it just happened because Hitler came to power.
- 'This lorry with the children drove off and never seen again' "This one morning, orders – ‘get out, get out’ – and whatever. By then we only had a few bits belongings – you, we grabbed the belongings and lined up to march to Plaszow.
- 'That is an experience which will haunt me all my life' "When we came to the railway station in Linz, before we went, we were taken out, we were cuffed together, two and two.
- 'If you started to feel sorry for yourself you were a goner' "Eventually we were herded into what was to be our washing room. It was a huge barrack, with the water running, cold water I must add, from the, from the, from the, the top, there were men in already prison garb, which we never seen before.
Database of Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names. The Museum’s Database of Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names contains records on people persecuted during World War II under the Nazi regime including Jews, Roma and Sinti, Poles and other Slavic peoples, Soviet prisoners of war, persons with disabilities, political prisoners, trade union ...
Aug 10, 2018 · Listen to or read Holocaust survivors’ experiences, told in their own words through oral histories, written testimony, and public programs. Resources on Survivors and Victims How Can I Learn What Happened to Individuals During the Holocaust?
Holocaust survivors are Jews who experienced the persecution and survived the mass murder that was carried out by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. This included those who were in concentration camps, killing centers, ghettos, and prisons, as well as refugees or those in hiding.
