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The following testimonials are part of a project to digitize and preserve the testimonies of Holocaust survivors across Canada.
The project received financial support from the Government of Canada, the Azrieli Foundation, the Asper Foundation, Power Corporation, the Paula Nussbaum family and Janette and Michael Diamond.
Samuel Orshan describes the German bombing of Kiev on June 22, 1941.
ListenJoseph Markovic recalls the yellow badge Jews were ordered to wear in Croatia.
ListenSalomon Buch recalls the “green ticket” roundup during which his father was deported.
ListenLeon Calderon recalls life in Salonika under the German occupation.
ListenStephen Perkal describes life in Shanghai in the 1940s.
ListenHarry Bromet describes the events of February 1941 in Amsterdam.
ListenFaye Cusmariu recalls how she and her family lived through the Iron Guard rebellion.
ListenAngela Orosz talks about her birth and first weeks in Auschwitz.
ListenRena Schondorf describes a selection in the Krakow ghetto.
ListenDavy Trop recalls the discrimination he had to face as a child.
ListenErnest Ehrmann talks about his life in the first years after the war.
ListenWillie Glaser recalls his escape from Germany and his life in Belfast.
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