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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.
Helen Seidner describes the jobs she had in the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp.
ListenHanneliese Schusheim describes life in the Riga ghetto.
ListenSasha Friedenstein recalls the creation and the living conditions of the Riga ghetto.
ListenJudith Levitan recalls the conditions and the roundups in the ghetto of Kovno.
ListenRena Schondorf describes a selection in the Krakow ghetto.
ListenLou Zablow recalls how he and his family tried to pretend living a normal life in the Lodz ghetto.
ListenBozena Matis talks about the creation of the Warsaw ghetto and her life there in the first year.
ListenJack Klajman describes his experience during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
ListenMeier Schlomowitz recalls how he was forced to move into the Kovno ghetto .
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