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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.
Resistance
Jack Klajman
Jack Klajman describes his experience during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
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Rescuers
Tommy Strasser
Tommy Strasser recalls how Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg saved him.
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Pogrom
Issie Veisfeld
Issie Veisfeld describes what happened during the Iasi pogrom in 1941.
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Ghetto
Meier Schlomowitz
Meier Schlomowitz recalls how he was forced to move into the Kovno ghetto .
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Occupation
Léon Fellmann
Léon Fellmann recalls the conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver.
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Rescuers
Jane Litwack
Jane Litwack explains how she was taken to England in the Kindertransport.
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Hiding
Sidney Zoltak
Sidney Zoltak describes the year he spent in hiding on a Polish farm.
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Ghetto
Ida Novak
Ida Novak explains how the Lodz ghetto was liquidated and how they were deported to Auschwitz.
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Camps
Rose Svarc
Rose Svarc describes the arrival of her transport in Auschwitz.
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Liberation
Avrum Feigenbaum
Avrum Feigenbaum describes the day before the Liberation of Gorlitz.
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