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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.
Occupation
Samuel Orshan
Samuel Orshan describes the German bombing of Kiev on June 22, 1941.
ListenAnti-Jewish Measures
Joseph Markovic
Joseph Markovic recalls the yellow badge Jews were ordered to wear in Croatia.
ListenOccupation
Salomon Buch
Salomon Buch recalls the “green ticket” roundup during which his father was deported.
ListenOccupation
Leon Calderon
Leon Calderon recalls life in Salonika under the German occupation.
ListenEscape
Stephen Perkal
Stephen Perkal describes life in Shanghai in the 1940s.
ListenOccupation
Harry Bromet
Harry Bromet describes the events of February 1941 in Amsterdam.
ListenPogrom
Faye Cusmariu
Faye Cusmariu recalls how she and her family lived through the Iron Guard rebellion.
ListenCamps
Angela Orosz
Angela Orosz talks about her birth and first weeks in Auschwitz.
ListenGhetto
Rena Schondorf
Rena Schondorf describes a selection in the Krakow ghetto.
ListenEarly Persecutions
Davy Trop
Davy Trop recalls the discrimination he had to face as a child.
ListenPost-war
Ernest Ehrmann
Ernest Ehrmann talks about his life in the first years after the war.
ListenEscape
Willie Glaser
Willie Glaser recalls his escape from Germany and his life in Belfast.
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