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