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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
  • Immigration
  • Liberation
  • Life before the War
  • Occupation
  • Pogrom
  • Post-war
  • Rescuers
  • Resistance
Hiding

Daisy Gross

Daisy Gross recalls her life under an assumed identity in a Slovak village.

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Hiding

Elie Dawang

Elie Dawang recalls his flight from Paris and his experiences in hiding.

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Hiding

Nachamia Wurman

Nachamia Wurman recounts his escape from the Ostrowiec labor camp.

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Hiding

Irene Ross

Irene Ross explains how she was adopted by a Christian couple and lived with them for three years.

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Hiding

Sidney Zoltak

Sidney Zoltak describes the year he spent in hiding on a Polish farm.

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