Survivor: A portrait of the survivors of the Holocaust – published 2017
In my dancing I was trying to express a full range of human emotions from the joys of life to deep sorrow of pain and suffering of tragic life. Felix Fibich
We were rehearsing Brahms’ Lullaby in the singing lesson when the Headmistress came in and said ‘You’ve got to leave now, you’re Jewish’. Aliza Shapiro
I left Berlin in 1939 with a “Kindertransport” to Holland where I survived in hiding and finally came to New York/New Jersey, but without my younger brother Ulli who perished in Auschwitz. I wish to thank Miriam and Harry for their work to show some of the faces of those who outlived the Nazi nightmare. Arno Roland
In my heart I always felt my parents would survive. Debora Brenner
I have nothing to say. Mayer Braitberg
They took my mother and pushed me back with the butt of a gun – I knew I would never see her again. Cesia Altstock
A physically and emotionally crippling experience. Mrs Leon Jedwab
ALONE.
There is no philosophy to describe
the sadness of a lone tree with dead roots even if nestled in faraway woods
all one can hear, is memories and tales of bygone years, and prayers promised for my soul, when I am gone. Bronia Rosenbaum
“I stand tall and proud, My voice shouts in silence loud; I am a real person still, No one can break my spirit or will!” I am a star! Inge Auerbacher
A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind. Charles Srebnik
