Did you know that Dr. Ruth (Westheimer), the famous sex therapist and author, is also a trained sniper? Born as Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany on June 4, 1928. She was the only child of Orthodox Jewish parents. After surviving the Holocaust, where her entire family was killed, Dr. Ruth […]
Jack Pomeranc was born in Vlodowa, Poland and his life was defined by incredible resilience and bravery. As a Holocaust survivor, he witnessed unspeakable horrors, including the loss of his parents, Eliezer and Bellaita, and two sisters, Channa and Mateleh in a mass execution at the Adampol labor camp in […]
Today, on this day of remembrance for the Fallen of our Israel, my mother turns 96. Born in Beeregsasz in Hungary/Czechia/Romania/Ukraine, half-orphaned in her teens, she moved to Budapest with her father and brother, just in time to face removal to the Ghetto. At 17, wearing the yellow star, she […]
The unbelievable moment Holocaust survivor Lila sees her grandson flying over her home in Israel. #YomHashoah #NeverForget
Approximately 1.5 million children were murdered during the Holocaust. Chaim Rafael Gertel z”l was one of those children. Chaim Rafael was born in Hrubieszów, Poland. When the Germans declared that the town was to be Judenrein (“clean of Jews”) in October 1942, Chaim and his mother went into hiding along […]
Meet Holocaust survivors Matilda and Samuel Gertel. Born in Uściług, Poland (now Ukraine), Matilda (née Topole) was just a teenager when the war broke out. When the Nazis invaded, she immediately ran home only to find that her father had been killed as an example to others. Matilda, along with […]
Eli Stern was born in 1930 in Petrova, Romania. In 1944, his family was forced into the ghetto and then deported by cattle car to Auschwitz, where everyone but Eli’s father was sent marching towards the gas chamber. When an SS guard spotted Eli, an able-bodied young boy, he swung […]
Savta Eva is my living proof of the Holocaust. Celebrating life Every Single Day for the last 93 years. Savta thinks it’s funny that I come to her home every year on yom hashoa (Holocaust Memorial Day). You should come more often she says. Or just pretend that once a […]
“It’s a long way from Auschwitz to this stage.” Branko Lustig was born on June 10, 1932, in Yugoslavia to Croatian Jewish parents. Most of his family was later murdered in the Holocaust. Branko was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps and weighed only 66 lbs. when he was […]
78 years ago today, April 11, 1945, the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by American forces. Pictured are survivors from Buchenwald at the Haifa Port on the way to the Atlit Detention Camp (July, 1945). The little boy holding the flag is Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of […]
Holocaust survivor Samuel Beller was born in 1927 in the Polish town of Oświęcim, also known as the location of the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was in several slave labor camps, ghettos, and sent on a death march before being liberated by American troops. Samuel was the only member of […]
Born in Piotrków, Poland in 1937, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau was deported to a slave labor camp in Częstochowa, and from there to the Buchenwald concentration camp. At only 8 years old, little “Lolek” had already experienced and witnessed more suffering and depravity than any human being should ever have […]
Happy 100th Birthday to Holocaust survivor Gene Meisner! Born in Poland on July 21, 1920, Gene Sadorkiewicz Meisner survived the Łódź Ghetto and multiple concentration camps, including Ravensbrück. After the war, she was miraculously reunited with her husband Sam and the two made their way to the United States. Gene […]
Shoshana Ovitz survived Auschwitz. After the war, she met her husband Dov, who lost his wife & children in the concentration camps. Together, they moved to Haifa, Israel where she worked as a tailor and helped her husband in his business. Shoshana just celebrated her 104th birthday. As a gift, […]
He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At 15 he was sent to a ghetto. At 16 he was sent to Auschwitz, Mauthausen and survived the Nazi death march. He immigrated to Israel at 18 and survived 7 wars in Israel. He lost his first wife in his 40’s. He lost […]
Here is a picture of my daughter Lily with her great-grandmother Berta Moszkowicz. Berta was born in Berlin and survived the Holocaust after her parents put her on the Kindertransport. Berta was able to go on the Kindertransport to London thanks to the kindness of an older cousin Lily who […]
Vera Schaufeld first came to England on the Kindertransport in 1939 from Czechoslovakia, and has dedicated her life to teaching adults and children with little or no knowledge of the English language. Vera was involved in the establishment of the The National Holocaust Centre and Museum and has frequently spoken […]
Holocaust survivor Simcha Horowitz holding his great-grandson Azi Rifkin. Simcha survived Auschwitz and became one of the founders of the Israeli Air Force. Source: American Society for Yad Vashem Young Leadership Associates
Super close up of super-talented artist David Jon Kassan, working on his painting of the amazing Eva Schloss, educator and Survivor of the Shoah (Holocaust). Also Anne Frank’s Stepsister. Oil on panel, life-sized.
Lena Goldstein was a 20-year-old student when Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Confined to the Warsaw Ghetto, where 400,000-plus Jews were forced to live, by early 1943 she was one of just 35,000 still alive. Last week, Lena celebrated her 100th birthday in Sydney Australia. #MazalTov Source: World […]
#WeRemember #NeverForget #NeverAgain #AmYisraelChai ✡️ International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Leslie Kleinman was born on 29th May 1929 in Ambud, a small village near Satu Mare in Romania, into an Orthodox Jewish family. He had four brothers and three sisters and his father was a Rabbi. The family’s peaceful world was first disrupted when Hungary occupied this area of Romania […]
When you turn 39 the same day as your grandfather turns 93. Happy Birthday to Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg who shares his birthday with grandson Barry Levine. #mazaltov Source: American Society for Yad Vashem Young Leadership Associates
CONDOLENCES: It is with great sadness to share the passing of Holocaust survivor Simcha Rotem. Simcha, aka Kazik, was one of the last surviving fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He served as the head courier of the ZOB (Jewish Combat Organization) and helped many escape the ghetto through the […]
“We fled Germany on November 9th, 1938. It was called the Crystal Night, because there were demonstrations against Jews all over Germany, and many windows were being broken. We were living on the outskirts of Hanover. When my father came home from work that night, he told us that the […]
THANK YOU: 94-year-old holocaust survivor, Walter Frankenstein, delivers a speech, during a ceremony at the memorial ‘Stille Helden’ (Silent Heroes) in Berlin. One of the most important tasks of Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem is to convey the gratitude of the state of Israel and the Jewish people to […]
Mazal Tov and Happy 104th Birthday Elma! Last week Boro Park rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn celebrated Holocaust survivor Elma Slater’s 104th Birthday. Source: Vos Iz Neias
The two old time friends grew up together in Transylvania, Romania and were separated during WWII after which they immigrated to Israel and reunited yesterday in Giv’at Shmuel. The connection happened after their two daughters met on a vacation last week and made the discovery that both parents are from […]
This is what the ultimate victory looks like: A Holocaust survivor sits with his 5th grandchild currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces to protect the Jewish state. Source: Humans of JNF
Mugshot of 19 year old Zofia Posmysz after being arrested for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, 1942 She was sent to Auschwitz and survived to become a journalist, novelist and author. She is still alive today at age 95. Source: @historycoolkids
This Holocaust Survival Story is Amazing and Badass
“My dad finally got his high school diploma! Born in Poland, he wasn’t allowed to get an education past first grade, because the Nazis invaded Poland and banned Jews from getting educated. He survived with his immediate family by hiding out. He moved to the US and became a self-made […]
