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Courage Was My Only Option: The Will to Survive, the Strength to Remember

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Courage Was My Only Option: The Will to Survive, the Strength to Remember

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Like nearly all Holocaust survivors, Roman Kent has to live with impossible memories.  There are visions of loss and destruction, of unimaginable horrors.  Born in pre-war Poland, as Roman Kniker, his mostly idyllic childhood in Lodz was shattered in September.....
IMI: A LIFETIME IN THE DAYS OF THE FAMILY MANDEL

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IMI: A LIFETIME IN THE DAYS OF THE FAMILY MANDEL

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By mid-1944, the Jews of Hungary were being deported at a frightening rate, most to Auschwitz. Against this backdrop, Rudolf Kasztner negotiated directly with the Nazi Adolf Eichmann to release Jews in exchange for payment. The story of the rescue.....
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SKARZYSKO?: A SURVIVOR’S STORY

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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SKARZYSKO?: A SURVIVOR’S STORY

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Usher Celinski died in 1984. Sometime later, his family donated his hand-written, Yiddish manuscript to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. When the archives at the museum asked Herman Taube, renowned Yiddish writer and poet, to translate it, he agreed. The.....
CAPTAIN REIFER: THE BATTLE FOR WHAT WAS ALREADY LOST

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CAPTAIN REIFER: THE BATTLE FOR WHAT WAS ALREADY LOST

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Not a traditional Holocaust memoir, Alex Reifer’s story will prove to be important for a better understanding of the era. Reifer was victimized by the Holocaust, losing his parents, grandparents and all four of his brothers. As a Russian intelligence.....
TWO SISTERS: A JOURNEY OF SURVIVAL THROUGH AUSCHWITZ

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TWO SISTERS: A JOURNEY OF SURVIVAL THROUGH AUSCHWITZ

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Livia Krancberg credits her sister Rose with carrying her through and out of the depths of the Holocaust. Would she have made it on her own? Who knows, even with Livia’s remarkable resilience which she still exhibits today in her.....
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