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
Occupation

Samuel Orshan

Samuel Orshan describes the German bombing of Kiev on June 22, 1941.

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Anti-Jewish Measures

Joseph Markovic

Joseph Markovic recalls the yellow badge Jews were ordered to wear in Croatia.

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Occupation

Salomon Buch

Salomon Buch recalls the “green ticket” roundup during which his father was deported.

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Occupation

Leon Calderon

Leon Calderon recalls life in Salonika under the German occupation.

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Escape

Stephen Perkal

Stephen Perkal describes life in Shanghai in the 1940s.

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Occupation

Harry Bromet

Harry Bromet describes the events of February 1941 in Amsterdam.

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Pogrom

Faye Cusmariu

Faye Cusmariu recalls how she and her family lived through the Iron Guard rebellion.

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Camps

Angela Orosz

Angela Orosz talks about her birth and first weeks in Auschwitz.

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Ghetto

Rena Schondorf

Rena Schondorf describes a selection in the Krakow ghetto.

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Early Persecutions

Davy Trop

Davy Trop recalls the discrimination he had to face as a child.

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Post-war

Ernest Ehrmann

Ernest Ehrmann talks about his life in the first years after the war.

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Escape

Willie Glaser

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

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