Ruth Lieberman Drescher (z”l) Born January 23, 1934 Ruth Lieberman Drescher (z”l) was born in Stuttgart, Germany to Eduard and Gerty Lieberman. She had one…
Michelle’s Presentation Michelle Ultmann is the daughter of two survivors – her mother from Germany, and her father from Austria – and she shares the…
Cindy’s Generations Presentation Cindy Berg-Vayonis tells her family’s extraordinary story of resilience, love, and survival during the Holocaust. Faced with rising persecution under Nazi regime,…
About Susan’s Presentations Susan Straus (she/her) is the daughter of Jewish holocaust survivors. In one presentation, she tells the story of her mother, Judy Levy…
Lynne’s Generations Presentation “Reaching Across an Ocean” shares the efforts taken by a Jewish couple who decide to bring a Jewish child from an orphanage…
Emily’s Generations Presentation While Emily had two grandparents who were Holocaust survivors, Emily’s presentation centers on her grandmother’s experience. Ilsa Dahl Cole was born in…
Dr. Frederick Reif (z”l) Frederich (later Frederick) Reif was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927 to Gerschon Reif, a dentist, and Klara (Chaja Lea) Gottfried…
Walter Boninger (z”l) June 21, 1928 – March 25, 2018 Birthplace: Hamburg, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “I used to say I wasn’t a Holocaust survivor- I…
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…
Fritz Ottenheimer (z”l) March 18, 1925 – July 20, 2017 Birthplace: Konstanz, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “When my father was arrested by the secret police and…