Susan’s Generations Presentation This presentation includes the stories and photos of Margit Haas and David Robinson, Hungarian Holocaust survivors and parents of the speaker. In…
Lee’s Generations Presentation In middle age, Melvin Goldman (z”l) recorded a series of cassette tapes telling his life story, leaving them to be found decades…
Melissa’s Generations Presentation Melissa’s grandparents and mother all survived the Holocaust. Living in Belgium, the Nazis took her grandfather as a worker; he survived four…
Leon Metzler (z”l) May 18, 1928 – July 21, 2016 Birthplace: Sobernheim, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “When the Nazis came into our house they had axes…
Hana Kovanic (z”l) May 17, 1936 – July 26, 2019 Birthplace: Velká nad Veličkou, Czech RepublicReligious Identity: Reform Judaism “To us it was temporary; we…
Francine Gelernter (z”l) February 1, 1932 – December 24, 2021 Birthplace: Kovno, LithuaniaReligious Identity: Jewish “First the Russians invaded Kovno and then the Germans. The…
Samuel Gottesman (z”l) October 20, 1923 – June 1, 2019 Birthplace: Irsava-Ilosva, CzechoslovakiaReligious Identity: Jewish “For some reason they needed 500 workers. My father was…
Irene Furst (z”l) October 1, 1921 – November 30, 2019 Birthplace: Lodz, PolandReligious Identity: Jewish “My father was separated from us in Auschwitz and he…
Samuel Shear (z”l) 1925 – December 16, 2024 Sam Shear (z”l) was born in 1925 in Bedzin, Poland to Hersh Leib and Blima Szejer. It…
Edith Balas (z”l) June 20, 1929 – November 16, 2024 Edith Balas was born in Cluj, Romania. She recalled having a wonderful childhood there, until…