Witnesses to Kristallnacht
Jane Ulman
November 6, 2014
On a Wednesday evening in late 1938, the sounds of broken glass shattered the quiet streets of Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland.
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Survivor
Survivor: Mike Popik
Jane Ulman
October 23, 2014
The SS entered Mauthausen’s overcrowded barracks 30 one night in February 1944 to punish the 120 boys, including 14-year-old Mike (Miki) Popik, who were engaged in a shoving match to avoid sleeping next to the cold, damp wall.
Survivor: Stella Esformes
Jane Ulman
September 23, 2014
It was 1944, and Stella Esformes — then Sterina Haleoua — was looking forward to watching the national Independence Day parade in Larissa, Greece.
Survivor: Miriam Bell
Jane Ulman
August 27, 2014
As the candles glowed, Miriam Bell (née Galperin), her parents and six siblings were singing and welcoming the Sabbath into their comfortable home in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania.
Survivor: Frida Berger
Jane Ulman
June 4, 2014
“You have to go to the synagogue,” the mailman announced, banging a drum as he stood outside the house Frida Berger (née Isac) shared with two sisters and two brothers in Comlausa, Romania.
Survivor: William Harvey
Jane Ulman
May 21, 2014
“You have to leave your home. We’re taking you to work.” Rifle-carrying soldiers banged on William Harvey’s (then Wilheim Herskovits) door, giving the family five minutes to pack.
Survivor: Curt Lowens
Jane Ulman
May 7, 2014
\”We are surrounded by Hitler Youth throwing stones. Get home as fast as you can.” Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt, director of the Goldschmidt Schule (School) in Berlin, told the students as she rushed into one of Curt Lowens’ (then Loewenstein’s) morning classes.
My 50 best friends are Holocaust survivors
Jewish Journal
April 24, 2014
“How did you learn to make brushes? Who taught you?” I’m talking to Boris Abel on the phone, trying to fill in some small details requested by my editor of his Holocaust experiences.
Survivor: Frank Schiller
Jane Ulman
April 23, 2014
In October 1941, Frank Schiller, his parents, brother and grandmother were ordered to report to Prague’s Exhibition Hall.
Survivor: Boris Abel
Jane Ulman
April 9, 2014
As Boris Abel — then Berelis Abelski — was being herded from the cattle car that had transported him to Auschwitz, he saw what was happening ahead and quickly tossed the small bag of gold and diamonds he was carrying into a nearby sewer.
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