In this episode I am talking to Joseph (Joe) Sabrin, one of the youngest Holocaust Survivors, who was born on December 21, 1942, in the Vilna Ghetto, in Lithunia .Years later Joe wrote the book "We dared to live" a story of survival and courage during the dark days of WWII based on his father's memoir.
In this episode I am talking to Marlene who tells me how her family escaped from the Nazis from Poland to Uzbeskistan and Siberia.
In this episode, I am talking to Lee Sterling who tells me how his family escaped and how in 1939 Jews, gypsies, communists, and gays - everyone that the Germans wanted to annihilate, walked towards Bordeaux France so that they can run away from the Nazis.Aristides de Sousa Mendes the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux , France, he defied the orders of the Salazar Portoguese regime, and in June 1940 issued visas and passports to an undetermined number of Jews and other refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. For this, Sousa Mendes was punished by the Salazar regime.For his work to save jews, Sousa Mendes received the honour Righteous Among the Nations from Yad Va’Shem.
In this episode I am talking to Eve Kugler who tells me about her childhood during the war and how when she was 6 years old, a uniformed Nazi solider grabbed her from her mother and started swinging her around. After a few minutes he congratulated her mother for "having the perfect Aryan child".Tune in to her story.
In this episode I am talking to Ruth Hubner Cohen who tells me about her survival. Her mother and her were starving and without much choice, her mother used to sneak in food after dark, and put herself in danger. One time dogs chased her and she was so scared that she not only stopped trying to bring in food but she feared dogs for the rest of her life.
In this episode I am talking to Frank who went into hiding and had to take care of himself since he was 14 years old, after his parents were taken away.How did he survive?Tune in to listen to the clever idea that he had .
In this episode I am taking to Julius Maslovat who tells me how his family went to hide in a bunker when his mother was pregnant because she was scares that the Nazis will shoot her.His story during the Holocaust can be found in the film: Why Am I Here? A Child's Journey Through the Holocaust.
In this episode I am talking to Sally Singer (100 years old*), Anne Novak (99 years old*) and Ruth Zimmer (95 years old*), who together with with their brother Sol Fink (97 years old*), all live in Winnipeg, Canada, and are likely the oldest living set of Holocaust survivor siblings anywhere in the world.The four siblings spent their youth in Sanok, Poland, near the Carpathian Mountains. What happened when the war started? Tune in.Tune in to their amazing stories.* the ages are as of September 3, 2022.
In this episode I am talking to Rachel who was born in Siberia. Her mother received no prenatal care and she weighted less than 2 pounds (=900 grams).Later, when she was still very young, about 100 children, herself included, were put on open freight carts and shipped to the next prison. Because of the cold weather and exposure, only 10 children survived.Tune in to listen to her story.
In this episode I am talking to Max Eisen who lived through a 13-day death march from Auschwitz to Loslau and there he was loaded onto metal boxcars made for transporting coal and sent to Mauthausen and then from Melk he participated in a three-day march in the mountains to Ebensee until he was liberated on May 6, 1945.Max Eisen is the author of the book "By Chance Alone", a story of courage, determination, and resiliency. He received the Order of Canada award on December 29th, 2021 for his contributions to Holocaust education, and for his promotion of transformational dialogue on human rights, tolerance and respect.The Order of Canada is one of the highest civilian honours.
In this episode I am talking to Gina Roitman who was born close to a displaced persons camp after the second world war. Her entire life, her mother kept telling her chilling stories about a woman she calls the Nazi Midwife. A few years ago, after her mother died, Gina decided to go and investigate and found out the horrifying truth.Join me.
Join me for the conclusion of my interview with Maxwell Smart.In this episode I am talking to Maxwell Smart who was just nine when the war began. Born in the Ukrainian town of Buczacz - then part of Poland - had his life turned upside down in 1939.When Maxwell went into hiding, among others, he and a friend helped save a baby. His friend died a few days later and Maxwell carried the guilt for decades over his friend's death.His amazing survival story was written into a book that was released on May 2, 2022 by Harper Collins "The Boy in the Woods".Maxwell is also a very talented artist who paints a lot about freedom and escape as ongoing themes in his explosions of color. https://www.artbymaxwell.com/about-us/
In this episode I am talking to Maxwell Smart who was just nine when the war began. Born in the Ukrainian town of Buczacz - then part of Poland - had his life turned upside down in 1939.When Maxwell went into hiding, among others, he and a friend helped save a baby. His friend died a few days later and Maxwell carried the guilt for decades over his friend's death.His amazing story was written into a book that was released on May 2, 2022 by Harper Collins "The Boy in the Woods".Maxwell is also a very talented artist who paints a lot about freedom and escape as ongoing themes in his explosions of color. https://www.artbymaxwell.com/about-us/
In this episode I am talking to Tana who was was born in Berlin and a few years later, when she was about 4 years old, she spent a year in Theresienstadt concentration camp and was one of the 100 children to survive that camp out of 15000 children.Tune in.
This is the one year anniversary to The Effect of Us podcast.In this episode I am talking to Martiza who tells me how she and her family jumped off a bridge to escape the Nazis.I also had the honor and privilege to interview Maritza to The Museum of Jewish Heritage(New York) Yom Ha'Shoa 2022 ceremony.Tune in to the fascinating story.
In this episode I am talking to Muguette who tells me how she and her mother and brother escaped the war by hiding in different places, including cutting off their yellow stars and riding the metro in Paris with German soldiers.
In this episode I am talking to Rose who tells me how she escaped the war with her mother from Rzeszow ghetto, where everyone around including most of her family were put on trains to Belzec to be gassed in the extermination camp.Rose and her mother escaped the ghetto the morning before they were supposed to appear in the square to be sent to Belzec and hid in the cemetery before escaping to Warsaw.Tune in to her story.
In this special episode I collaborated with Mayor Brownstein and we interviewed togther Mrs. Gyrogyi Nemes who was 16 years old when the Nazis invaded Hungary.This episode is also available with a video at this link:https://youtu.be/5Y8fLImS2DY
In this Episode I am talking to Jack Adler who was 10 years old when the Nazis occupied his home town in Poland and has vivid memories of what happened from their occupation until he was liberated by American soldiers while on the Dachau Death March.
In this special mini series that will have 4 episodes, I am talking to Ben Lesser who survived 2 death trains, several Ghettos, 2 death marches, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, until he was liberated in Dachaua 5 years later.Ben has funded the Zachor foundation and has dedicated his time to Holocaust education.For more information about Zachor, check out the link:https://www.zachorfoundation.org/zachor-foundation/about-the-founder/Tune in to the fourth and final part of his outstanding story.