In their own words
Canadian Holocaust survivor memories
The testimony excerpts featured here are part of a Canada-wide project spearheaded by the Neuberger and the Montreal Holocaust Museum to digitize, preserve and make accessible the testimonies of Holocaust survivors. This presentation is curated from over 1200 testimonies in the Canadian Collection.
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Ghetto
Sara Ginaite-Rubinson
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 Oct...
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Ghetto
Michael Mason
Michael Mason describes how his parents were saved due to the efforts of Raoul Wallenberg.
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Rescuers
Arie van Mansum
Arie van Mansum describes the work he carried out as part of the Dutch resistance.
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Camp
Abram Lipski
Abram Lipski describes the selection process in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Escape
Suzanne Klag
Suzanne Klag describes being saved due to a Kinderstransport.
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Camp
Moshe Kantorowicz
Moshe Kantorwicz describes conditions in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Kristallnacht pogrom
Elfreda (Elfriede) Fuchs
Elfriede Fuchs describes Kristallnacht, the November pogrom, in Graz, Austria.
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Liberation
Lawrence Jusko
Lawrence Jusko describes starting a new life in Canada.
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Ghetto
Pinchas Gutter
Pinchas Gutter describes religious observance in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Camp
Regina Goldfinger
Regina Goldfinger describes the conditions in the women’s barracks of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Ghetto
Luba Drew
Luba Drew describes her deportation from the Łódź Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Liberation
Anna Constam
Anna Constam describes life in Holland, in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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