COLLECTIONS OF CANADIAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

Survivors' Stories

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.

By theme
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Howard Kleinberg

Howard Kleinberg recalls his final days in the Julag camp before being transfered to Auschwitz.

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Angela Orosz

Angela Orosz talks about her birth and first weeks in Auschwitz.

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George Reinitz

George Reinitz explains how he survived Auschwitz.

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Liselotte Ivry

Liselotte Ivry describes her experiences in sub-camps of the Neuengamme concertation camp.

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Eva Majerczyk

Eva Majerczyk describes how she met her future husband in the Klettendorf labour camp.

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Joseph Kastner

Joseph Kastner describes daily life in Bergen-Belsen, where he was deported at the age of 14.

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George Meles

George Meles describes life in a Hungarian forced labour battalion in 1944.

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Helen Schwartz

Helen Schwartz describes her arrival in the Majdanek concentration camp.

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Ze'ev Weiszner

Ze’ev Weiszner describes daily life in the Gusen labour camp, a satellite camp of Mauthausen.

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Paul Bard

Paul Bard describes dismantling one of the last gas chambers in Birkenau.

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Joseph Kohn

Joseph Kohn recalls the harsh work and cruelty of the SS guards in the Rehmsdorf labour camp.

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Klara Forrai

Klara Forrai recalls she spent one month completely naked in the Auschwitz.

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