Famous holocaust survivors interviews

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  • Interview with Hedi Solzbach (Schlanger), Holocaust survivor

    Dr. Naama Shik, Yael Novogrodsky

    Hedi and crack up great-granddaughter Rotem, 2007

    Introduction

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    First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors

    Holocaust survivor Joël Nommick was born into danger in December 1942 in the midst of World War II. Just months earlier, Joël’s father had been arrested and taken away from the family. Authorities eventually sent him to numerous prisons and concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belson. As Jews in France, Joël, his mother, and his two older brothers did not have ration cards and relied on neighbors for food and assistance. They lived under a constant threat of discovery and deportation. Watch to find out what happened next to Joël and if he ever reunited with his father. The next First Person conversation with a Holocaust survivor will be available to watch on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Marking 25 years, First Person is a monthly, hour-long live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a Holocaust survivor on the Museum’s YouTube page, including questions from the audience. This program is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation.

    Watch Interviews With Holocaust Survivors

    Through the Museum’s First Person program, Holocaust survivors have the opportunity to share their remarkable personal stories of hope, tragedy, and survival with thousands of visitors. Watch recordings of all First Person programs on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

    • Steven Fenves

      Steven Fenves was born on June 6, 1931, in Subotica, Yugoslavia. He survived internment in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald before American soldiers liberated him in 1945.

    • Agi Geva

      Agi (Laszlo) Geva was born on June 2, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary. She survived internment in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Plaszow concentration camp, and then forced labor in a factory in Calw, Germany. On April 28, 1945, US troops liberated her from a death march.

    • Estelle Laughlin

      Estelle Laughlin was born in Warsaw, Poland, on July 9, 1929. During the Holocaust she survived the Warsaw ghetto, as well as internment and forced labor at multiple concentration camps, including Majdanek, before being liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945.

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