Alex Chevion:
Alex recalls listening
to Adolf Hitler's radio addresses before the war. He remembers how Polish Jews living in Germany were expelled from the country.
Steve Lewkowicz:
Steve
recalls how Jewish kids were harassed at school and Polish kids and Jewish kids played separately.
Hy Abrahms:
Hy remembers his father's decision to hide the family after Jews were ordered to leave their homes.
He recalls the betrayal of his family by a man they knew.
Marcia
Spies:
During the war, Marcia hid with a family with two older daughters
who were very kind to her. This was a huge sacrifice this family took to keep Marcia in their home.
Henry Greenblatt:
Henry talks about living
in the Warsaw ghetto. He tells of his efforts to acquire food for his family and describes how he snuck in and out of the
ghetto through rain gutters.
Nathan Peters:
Nathan
recalls sharing a living space with his family in the ghetto and how they didn't get to shower everyday. He also recalls that
children were not as concerned as the adults but wondered when everything was going to end.
Erna Anolik:
Erna recalls arrival and intake procedures at Auschwitz-Birkenau. She describes the fate of newly
arrived internees. Erna talks about volunteering for work, a measure she employed in vain to be reunited with her parents.
George
Gottlieb:
George recalls a guard who allowed George and his brother 20
minutes to find their mother inside of a camp. It was the last time they saw her.
Esther Bem:
Esther talks about her lack of
awareness of wartime political events while hiding in Italy. She describes her liberation by members of the Jewish Brigade.
Esther speaks of her struggle with identity which ensued after liberation from living in both hiding and under a false name.
Miriam Tauber:
In
New York City on September 11, 2001, Miriam contrasts her Holocaust experiences with the events transpiring at the very time
of her interview. Miriam notes her desire to protect her children and grandchildren from the hatred she experienced.
Romana Farrington:
Romana describes growing up in a small Polish town after the war and how her family had to give
up most of the space in their home according to Communist rule. They were forced to live together with a family that had an
abusive father who tried to attack Romana and her mother.
