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
Ghetto

Helen Seidner

Helen Seidner describes the jobs she had in the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp.

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Ghetto

Hanneliese Schusheim

Hanneliese Schusheim describes life in the Riga ghetto.

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Ghetto

Sasha Friedenstein

Sasha Friedenstein recalls the creation and the living conditions of the Riga ghetto.

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Ghetto

Judith Levitan

Judith Levitan recalls the conditions and the roundups in the ghetto of Kovno.

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Ghetto

Rena Schondorf

Rena Schondorf describes a selection in the Krakow ghetto.

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Ghetto

Lou Zablow

Lou Zablow recalls how he and his family tried to pretend living a normal life in the Lodz ghetto.

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Ghetto

Bozena Matis

Bozena Matis talks about the creation of the Warsaw ghetto and her life there in the first year.

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Ghetto

Jack Klajman

Jack Klajman describes his experience during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.

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Ghetto

Meier Schlomowitz

Meier Schlomowitz recalls how he was forced to move into the Kovno ghetto .

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