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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.
Sarah describes their perilous journey, fleeing France across the Pyrenees to Spain.
ListenFishel Goldig recounts his first encounter with antisemitism in elementary school.
ListenElie Dawang recalls his flight from Paris and his experiences in hiding.
ListenGeorgette Brinberg recounts her experiences during the Vel d’Hiv roundups.
ListenPaul Herczeg describes the first day he had to wear a yellow star.
ListenMargrit Stenge describes an antisemitic incident during a visit to her grandmother in 1938.
ListenLeslie Vertes recalls how he was deported to a Soviet labor camp after the war.
ListenLiselotte Ivry describes her experiences in sub-camps of the Neuengamme concertation camp.
ListenDana Bell describes the difficulties of starting a new life in Montreal.
ListenEva Majerczyk describes how she met her future husband in the Klettendorf labour camp.
ListenJoseph Kastner describes daily life in Bergen-Belsen, where he was deported at the age of 14.
ListenGeorge Meles describes life in a Hungarian forced labour battalion in 1944.
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