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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
  • All
  • Anti-Jewish Measures
  • Camps
  • Deportations
  • Early Persecutions
  • Escape
  • Forced Labour
  • Ghetto
  • Hiding
  • Immigration
  • Liberation
  • Life before the War
  • Occupation
  • Pogrom
  • Post-war
  • Religious Life
  • Rescuers
  • Resistance
Escape

Stephen Perkal

Stephen Perkal describes life in Shanghai in the 1940s.

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Escape

Willie Glaser

Willie Glaser recalls his escape from Germany and his life in Belfast.

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Escape

Eva Kuper

Eva Kuper recalls how she was saved from deportation.

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Escape

Paula Bultz

Paula Bultz describes her escape with her mother through the Polish border to the Soviet Union.

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Escape

Sarah Engelhard

Sarah describes their perilous journey, fleeing France across the Pyrenees to Spain.

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Escape

Jane Litwack

Jane Litwack explains how she was taken to England in the Kindertransport.

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