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Holocaust - Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust - Pictures - Stories. "Buchenwald - Wansleben" My Grandmother's Story. Interview by Dalia Levine My grandmother, Sonia Bar, was only in her teens when Hitler spread messages of hatred across Europe and the world.

My Grandmother's Story

Her remarkable experience about how she escaped, and the hardships she endured, was told to us when she visited my school in October. My grandmother was born in Radzivillof, Poland on June 10, 1922. She had two younger siblings, a sister named Sarah and a brother named Isaac. In her hometown, she was surrounded by aunts, uncles, and cousins; about 200 people were in her extended family.

Dalia's Mother, Dalia, andDalia's Grandmother In 1939, Poland was divided between the Germans and Russians; the Russians entered the divided Poland. "It wasn't easy, but I knew that in order to survive I had to do my best," she stated. In 1941, she married Israel Bar, whose father sold tobacco and owned a food store. "There were rumors that the Germans were cruel, but nobody could believe that something so catastrophical as this could happen," Mrs.

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Abe's Story...A Holocaust Memoir. Read ABE'S STORY and be prepared to change your life.

Abe's Story...A Holocaust Memoir

Logo derived from drawing by William Fahnoe, who also did the Map illustrations. Introduction Abram Korn was 16 when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Lipno, Poland, on September 1, 1939, the first day of World War II. He survived the entire war as a Jewish prisoner, enduring the ghettos, the horrific concentration camps, the Death March from Auschwitz. Astoundingly, Abe kept his sense of human dignity--with gangrenous feet he struggled to stay on the healthy-workers list; with scant supplies he bargained for food and coal and helped others survive. After Liberation, Abe focused on going to school and earning a living. By the time Abe died in 1972, he had almost completed a rough first draft of his memoirs.

To the family he raised proudly in the Jewish tradition, Abram Korn left a legacy of powerful inspiration. Order Your Own Copy of Abe's Story today. Go to the Top of the Page. Anne Frank. Stories of Survival - Children of the Holocaust Discussion Guide. Alicia Appleman-Jurman: Survival and Heroism of a Young Girl During the Holocaust. Author Shares Memories. Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive. Holocaust Memorials and Public Memory - Historic Sites - Amsterdam. Jewish Life in the Netherlands "The great Jewish presence in the Netherlands began and ended in tragedy.

Holocaust Memorials and Public Memory - Historic Sites - Amsterdam

" —Jewish Virtual Library Though Jews were present in the Netherlands and Belgium during the Roman conquest, the first large-scale Sephardic community left Spain and Portugal after being expelled in 1492 as a result of the Inquisition. In the sixteenth century, Portuguese merchants came to Amsterdam, a major commercial center in Europe. Marranos (Jews who hid their religious identity) were among that group. Largely Protestant, the Dutch tolerated Jews in their midst. Jewish Life in the Netherlands during World War II "Few Jews survived in Holland, but those few were saved as a result of the most strenuous efforts, for Holland was the one territory of the occupied West in which the Jews did not have an even chance to live.

" Of the 140,000 Dutch Jews on the eve of the war (1.6% of the population), 107,000 were deported by the Nazis. Amsterdam’s Wertheim Park. The Anne Frank House.