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Biographical essay by Sabina Callwood, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays describe Sabina Callwood's experience during the Holocaust and being separated from her family.

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Biographical essay by Tom Figueras, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Tom Figueras give details about his brother, Ladizlav or "Laci," who was a prodigy violin player in Germany during the Holocaust, and eventually ended up in a sub-camp of Buchenwald and then in Bergen-Belsen where he perished. Figueras survived the Holocaust, but his parents did not. He came to the United States in 1960 and became a marketing manager for a telecommunications company.

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Biographical essay by Esther Toporek Finder, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Esther Finder describe her parents surviving the Holocaust, and her own visit to the town where they grew up in Poland.

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Biographical essay by Tamas Foldes, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Tamas Foldes describe a series of events he and his family endured and survived the Holocaust.

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Biographical essay about Evelyn Goldstein, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essay about Eveylen Goldstein and her family as Jewish refugees in Shanghai, China.

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Biographical essay by Margot Goodman, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays describe the early life of Margot Goodman, whose father was killed in the Holocaust. She surivived in hiding and came to the United States in 1941, and was reunited with her mother.

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Biographical essay by Martin Kohn, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Martin Kohn describes being taken to a concentration camp and being separated from his family. He was later moved to several other camps and eventually liberated in 1945.

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Biographical essay by Alexander Kuechel, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Alexander Kuechel describes the events leading up to Kristallnacht in 1938, being the sole survivor of his family, enduring seven concentration camps.

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Biographical essay by Lydia Lebovic, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Group of essays by Lydia Lebovic describe how she and her family were forced into a ghetto and then sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. She describes the time spent in the camps and liberation in 1945.

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Biographical essay by William Lebovic, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays describe William Lebovic's experience as a part of a civilian work force, from which he escaped into hiding.

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