Holocaust and Genocide Oral Testimonies: Recent submissions
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Edgar KrasaEdgar Krasa, braised Jewihs in Czechoslovikia, provides Holocaust survivor testimony in a presentation at Reading High School, where he recounts his harrowing experiences in the Terezín Ghetto and Auschwitz, including surviving a death march. He emphasizes that his survival was aided by his skills as a cook, and he presents his mission to teach younger generations about the dangers of prejudice and the importance of preventing future genocides. Mr. Krasa is introduced by his granddaughter.
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Malka GrungoldMalka Grungold, born May 3, 1929, in Poland provides Holocaust survivor testimony. She traces her journey from a comfortable childhood to the hardships of living in a ghetto, followed by her survival through transit and labor camps, and her eventual post-war life in Israel and the United States. Interviewer: Lisette Kaplowitz.
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Sonia Weitz, Youth to Isreal Q&ASonia Schreiber Weitz provides a Q&A session during a pre-trip "Youth to Israel" meeting, in which she discusses experiences during and immediately after the Holocaust, the significance of historical archives, and the ongoing efforts to document atrocities.
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Three Stories of SurvivalProject SEARCH presents at the University of New Hampshire a panel of three survivors of genocide and human rights abuses: Claude Kaitare, Rwandan genocide; Franco Majok, Sudan Civil War "Lost Boy" refugee; Helen Wertheimer, the Holocaust. Panel introduced by James Fabiano, and accompanied by Q&A. Video producer Christopher Williams.
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An Evening with the Survivors of the Genocide (Helen Wertheimer and Claude Kaitare)Holocaust survivor Helen Wertheimer and Rwandan genocide survivor Claude Kaitare present at Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Mass. Introduction by Rabbi David Klatzker. Introductory and closing remarks by Harriet Tarnor Wacks,
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Max Levi, Lynnfield Middle SchoolMax Levi, born 1921 in Wuppertal, Germany, and raised Jewish, provides Holocaust survivor testimony at Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield, Mass., presentation. Mr. Levi describes the escalation of anti-Semitic persecution in the school system, his family's systematic exclusion from public life under the Nuremberg Laws, and their eventual successful immigration to the United States.
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Rena Finder, "All Things Jewish"born February 24, 1929, in Kraków, Poland, provides Holocaust survivor testimony including the circumstances of her survival as part of Schindler's List for a segment of "All Things Jewish" on Framingham Public Access television. Introduction by Ed Brookmeyer.
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Human Rights Awareness Conference 2008The Holocaust Center, Boston North, presents its annual educational conference for high school students (grades 9-12) at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, Peabody, Mass, to increase awareness of past and present violations of human rights. As shown by this video, the conference featured the testimony of Cambodian genocide survivor Sayon Souen, Rwandan genocide survivor Claude Kaitare, and Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz. It also included an introduction by Michael Bonfanti (Mayor, City of Peabody) and Harriet Tarnor Wacks (Education Director, Holocaust Center).
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Helen WertheimerHelen Wachen Wertheimer, born January 22, 1932, in Karlsruhe, Germany, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Mrs. Wertheimer describes the rise of anti-Semitic acts in Nazi Germany and the creation of the Kindertransport in 1938 to 1939, through which she escaped.
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Eric KahnEric Kahn, born 1929 in Wiesbaden, Germany, and raised Jewish by a Jewish-born father and Christian-born mother, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Mr. Kahn describes his early life in Wiesbaden detailing the progressive loss of rights for Jews, the destruction of synagogues during Kristallnacht, his father's imprisonment in Dachau, his family's failed attempts to flee Germany via the Kindertransport and other routes, and the eventual deportation and murder of his schoolmates at the Sobibor death camp.
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Edgar Krasa, Reading High School Presentation (Q&A)Question and answer session following the April 10, 2008, presentation at Reading Memorial High School, Reading, Mass., on his experience as a Holocaust survivor.
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Edgar Krasa, Reading High School PresentationEdgar Krasa, born 1924 in Karlsbard, Czechoslovakia, to a Jewish family, provides a presentation at Reading Memorial High School, Reading, Mass., on his experience as a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Krasa details his experiences from the German occupation of Czechoslovakia through his time in concentration camps,
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The Man Who Cheated Death Twice!William "Willy" Schick, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1920 and raised in Prague by a Jewish family, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. A J. Colin Moore Production.
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William (Willy) SchickWilliam "Wily" Schick, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1920 and raised in Prague by a Jewish family, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Interviewers: Ann Walker and Zelda Kaplan. Notetaker: Betty Ann Fishman. Peabody Access Communications, Inc.
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An Evening of Music with Rosalie GerutRosalie Gerut, daughter of Holocuast survivors, performs traditional Eastern European songs and shares the survival stories of her family during the Holocaust to honor her mother’s wish to "live and tell the story". Students in grades 7-12 were encouraged to attend the presentation with their parents . Sponsored by The Holocaust Center, Boston North Inc. Hosted by Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Mass., and The Men’s Club.
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Alan Brown, Beebe School PresenationDr. Alan Brown, born in Miskolc, Hungary on March 20, 1928, to a Jewish family, provides Holocaust survivor testimony to students at Beebe School, Malden. Brown, a Harvard-educated economist, shares his personal journey from surviving World War II in Hungary to rebuilding his life as an immigrant in the United States, emphasizing the power of education and resilience.
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An Evening With Holocaust Survivor, Joseph Matzner & Rwandan Genocide Survivor, Ernest RugwizngongaHolocaust survivor Joseph Matzner and Rwandan genocide survivor Ernest Rugwizangonga present at Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Mass. Matzner recounts his experiences of being born into a religious Jewish family in Poland and surviving the Nazi invasion, detailing the escalation of persecution from anti-Jewish laws to the mass killings carried out by special forces after the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Rugwizangonga subsequently details the transition in 1994 Rwanda from peaceful coexistence to the brutal, systematic violence that took the lives of his family members and countless others. Students in grades 7-12 were encouraged to attend the presentation with their parents . Sponsored by The Holocaust Center, Boston North Inc. Hosted by Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Mass., and The Men’s Club.
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Edgar KrasaEdgar Krasa, born 1924 in Karlsbard, Czechoslovakia, to a Jewish family, provides a school presentation on his experience as a Holocaust survivor. He recounts his survival as a cook through the systematic persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, detailing the transition from life under anti-Jewish laws to his imprisonment in Terezín and Auschwitz before his eventual escape during a death march.
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Human Rights Awareness Conference 2005, "Victims of Oppression"The Holocaust Center, Boston North, presents its seventeenth annual educational conference for high school students (grades 9-12) to increase awareness of past and present violations of human rights with Genocide Survivors: Ernest Rugwizangonga, Rwanda; Rena Finder, the Holocaust; and Seyon Soeun, Cambodia. Attendance this year was to capacity of 950 at Salem High School, with 15 other participating schools. Video produced and directed by Ron Vargas; camera work by Salem High School students Jeremiah Louf, Sea Parr, and Briana Muschiano, Spencer Swackyk, and Lauren Noguira; and special thanks to Jim Harrington, Salem High School
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An Evening with Sonia WeitzHolocaust survivor Sonia Schreiber Weitz, co-founder and education director of the Holocaust Center, Boston North, speaks about her life before and during the Holocaust to a public audience at Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Massachusetts. The video includes welcome remarks by the temple's spiritual leader, Rabbi Howard Kosofsky, and an introduction by Harriet Tarnor Wacks, director of the Holocaust Center. Mrs. Wacks also closes the talk and provides a transition to the concluding remarks of a student representative of Cohel-Hillel Academy, who discusses their project based on the 2004 "Paper Clips" movie.