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Survivor testimony, preserved

32 survivor profiles, each with a biography, the experiences they lived through, and their own words for the next generation.

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The Museum of Tolerance’s Witness Theater preserves the firsthand testimony of 32 Holocaust survivors. Each profile pairs a survivor’s biography, the words they chose to leave for the next generation, and a downloadable memorial biography.

AllConcentration campGhettoTransit & labor campIn hidingKindertransportResistance & liberationSurvivor testimony
Agnes Kun
Agnes Kun
May 3, 1926
Satu-Mare, Transylvania
 Albert Rosa
Albert Rosa
January 25, 1925
Salonika, Greece
 Amrom Deutsch
Amrom Deutsch
August 8, 1925
Sighet, Maramures
 Andrew Gardner
Andrew Gardner
November 13, 1925
Gyöngyös, Hungary
 Betty Cohen
Betty Cohen
March 23, 1921
Hilversum, the Netherlands
 Cathy Weiss
Cathy Weiss
June 12, 1926
Satu-Mare, Romania
 Dave Lux
Dave Lux
April 12, 1933
Negrovic, Czechoslovakia
 Dorothy Greenstein
Dorothy Greenstein
December 10, 1930
Otwock, Poland
 Icek Eddie Ilan
Icek Eddie Ilan
July 14, 1928
Sochaczew, Poland
 Edith Singer
Edith Singer
August 18, 1927
Chust, Czechoslovakia
 Elisabeth Mann
Elisabeth Mann
December 31, 1925
Kecskemet, Hungary
 Engelina Billauer
Engelina Billauer
July 29, 1927
Berlin, Germany
 Eva Brettler
Eva Brettler
November 29, 1936
Cluj, Transylvania
 Gloria Ungar
Gloria Ungar
September 9, 1930
Krosno, Poland
 Harry Leo Davids
Harry Leo Davids
October 14, 1942
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 Henry H. Oster, OD
Henry H. Oster, OD
November 5, 1928
Cologne, Germany
 Jack Lewin
Jack Lewin
April 13, 1927
Lodz, Poland
 Dr. Jack Wetter, Ph.D
Dr. Jack Wetter, Ph.D
April 26, 1943
Brussels, Belgium
 Jean Greenstein
Jean Greenstein
July 9, 1924
Velky Sevlus, Czechoslovakia
 John Adler
John Adler
September 17, 1923
Goldberg, Germany
 Joseph Aleksander
Joseph Aleksander
August 3, 1923
Warsaw, Poland
 Lawrence H. Warick, M.D.
Lawrence H. Warick, M.D.
May 2, 1936
Warsaw, Poland
 Marie Glasser
Marie Glasser
April 3, 1927
Oradea, Romania
 Marie Kaufman
Marie Kaufman
March 19, 1941
Albi, France
 Mary Natan
Mary Natan
April 29, 1929
Lodz, Poland
 Michael “Miki” Popik
Michael “Miki” Popik
May 11, 1931
Levice, Czechoslovakia
 Morris Price
Morris Price
April 1, 1927
Wolbrom, Poland
 Peter Daniels
Peter Daniels
July 8, 1936
Berlin, Germany
 Rolf Gompertz
Rolf Gompertz
December 29, 1927
Krefeld, Germany
 Sol Berger
Sol Berger
October 28, 1919
Krosno, Poland
 Walter Bodlander
Walter Bodlander
November 30, 1920
Breslau, Germany
 William “Bill” Harvey
William “Bill” Harvey
May 20, 1924
Berehova, Czech Republic (Now part of Ukraine)

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