| Helen
Farkas |
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Helen Farkas
was born in Romania, as Helen Safa. She remembers the Hungarian
occupation and growth of anti-Semitism very clearly. She was
part of the death march, yet made a heroic escape. Helen married
her pre-war fiance and left Romania shortly before it came under
communist rule. Helen now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
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| Max
Drimmer & Herman Shine |
| Max
Drimmer and Herman Shine were both born in Berlin and knew each
other as small children. In 1939 they were both sent to Sachsenhausen,
a concentration camp close to Berlin. Their lives remained intertwined
as they survived and escaped the horrific realities of the Holocaust.
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Gloria
Hollander Lyon
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| Gloria
was born in 1930 in Nagy Bereg, Czechoslovakia, where her family
owned a store. In 1938 Jews were forced to close all businesses.
Gloria spent time in a local ghetto before being deportation
to Auschwitz. While there, she was selected for the gas chamber,
but escaped by jumping out of the truck . After several camps
she was finally liberated. Gloria resides in San Francisco and
is an active Holocaust educator |
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| Oskar
Klausenstock |
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Oskar Klausenstock
was born in Ciesezin, a small town in Poland. He was 17 years
old when the war started. His memories of the Holocaust are
from a teenager's perspective. He tells of his experiences with
such vividness and clarity. He is also a poet and has transformed
many of his memories into beautiful poems. |
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