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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.
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Saul Reichert
Saul Reichert recalls how the high holidays were secretly celebrated
in Birkenau in 1944.
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Jacques Neufeld
Jacques Neufeld recalls how he helped smuggle Jews out of the Rivesaltes transit camp in France.
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Sam Goldwasser
Sam Goldwasser recalls how he blew up German trains with his partisan unit as a 14-year-old boy.
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Zlatka Pitluk
Zlatka Pitluk recalls an unforgettable birthday in Auschwitz.
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Jack Klajman
Jack Klajman describes his experience during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
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