Canadian Holocaust survivor memories

Sara Ginaite-Rubinson gives a detailed and deeply moving t account of life in the ghetto as well as the massacre of Jews from the Kaunas ghetto in October 29, 1941.

In this series of short excerpts Tania Siegel gives a poignant account of the challenges in finding a place to hide during the Holocaust and the precarious state of life in hiding. Eventually, she joined the partisans but initially sought safe places to hide as the Germans invaded Poland.

Leon Sniatowsky describes the conditions in several concentration camps that he endured.

Sarah Brull describes the conditions in Auschwitz-Birkenau and poignantly reveals how an unexpected discovery gave her the strength to continue.

Roman Ziegler discusses how he was able to get additional food rations in the ghetto.

Chana Konopinski discusses how she escaped from the Gleiwitz labour camp.

Rafal Dominic discusses being a witness at the war crimes trial of the Nazi officer Dr. Horst Fischer.

Helen Seidner describes how she arranged to be smuggled out of the Theresienstadt concentration camp after liberation when it was controlled by the Soviet military.

David Newman describes his experiences in labour and concentration camps including his involvement with the Jewish underground resistance movement.

Judy Schachter describes a dangerous experience while in hiding.

Lilly Yunger describes her experiences on a Death March and the dangers she faced.

Sam Krongold discusses the post-war conditions in Poland that made it unsafe for him and his family to return to their home.