Ask. View. Explore.

Aaron Elster

Holocaust Survivor • Hidden child, occupied Poland

Aaron Elster is the son of Chaim Sruel and Cywia (Szczerb) Elster. He was born September 15, 1931 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland, where his parents owned a butcher shop that catered primarily to Poles. Aaron had two sisters, Sura (Sara) Rivka and Ita Jospa (Irene Budkowski). Ghettoization and… Read More

Did you know?

Aaron survived hiding in an attic for nearly 2 years.

Ask Aaron a Question Video Intro View His Story Explore His Journey

Fritzie Fritzshall

Holocaust Survivor • Auschwitz-Birkenau, occupied Poland

Fritzie was born Fritzie Weiss in 1929 in Klucharky, Czechoslovakia. She lived with her mother and two brothers; her father had immigrated to the United States in order to provide a better life for his family. In 1944, the Germans invaded Fritzie’s hometown and she and… Read More

Did you know?

Fritzie was able to survive Auschwitz with the help of others.

Ask Fritzie a Question Video Intro View Her Story Explore Her Journey

Kizito D. Kalima

Tutsi Survivor • 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

Kizito D. Kalima was born in 1979 in Nyanza, Rwanda, to Denis and Cecilia Kalima. He is the youngest of ten children, nine of whom survived the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. His father was an administrator and teacher for local schools, and his… Read More

Did you know?

Kizito hid in the swamps to survive the genocide in 1994.

Ask Kizito a Question Video Intro View His Story Explore His Journey

Marion Deichmann

Holocaust Survivor • Hidden Child, occupied France

Holocaust Survivor Marion Deichmann was born in Karlsrühe, Germany in November 1932, to Kurt and Alice Deichmann, just months before Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933. They were a middle-class German Jewish family who could not imagine that all of continental Europe would capitulate and be… Read More

Did you know?

At age 9, she was hidden by the French Resistance

Ask Marion a Question Video Intro View Her Story Explore Her Journey

Rodi Waterman Glass

Holocaust Survivor • Westerbork Transit Camp, occupied Netherlands

Rodi Waterman Glass was born into a large family in Amsterdam in 1936. Her mother, Sophie Kaiser Waterman, was one of six siblings and her father, Meyer Waterman, and his twin brother were the youngest of seven. Her maternal grandfather was a shoemaker who wanted to open his… Read More

Did you know?

Rodi escaped deportation to the East because of a special pass called a sperre.

Ask Rodi a Question Video Intro View Her Story Explore Her Journey