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A vintage black-and-white photograph with scalloped white borders showing a Aaron and Jackie dressed for a formal event. Jackie is wearing a light-colored, full-skirted tulle gown with a sweetheart neckline and a sash at the waist. Aaron is standing slightly behind her with his arm around her, is wearing a dark tuxedo with a bowtie. They are both smiling at the camera in a room with floral-patterned curtains and a satin-upholstered sofa.

Aaron Elster

Holocaust Survivor • Hidden child, occupied Poland

A Polish Jewish survivor escaped the Sokołów Podlaski ghetto and hid in a Polish couple’s attic for two years until liberation.  

A color photograph of Fritzie in a light-blue striped dress kneeling on a green lawn, playfully interacting with her grandson who is sitting on a white cloth with a stuffed bear.

Fritzie Fritzshall

Holocaust Survivor • Auschwitz-Birkenau, occupied Poland

A Czech Jewish survivor imprisoned as a teenager in Auschwitz-Birkenau and a forced labor factory.

A teenage Kitzio leaning on the hood of his car holding a basketball

Kizito D. Kalima

Tutsi Survivor • 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

A Tutsi survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, endured hiding and multiple violent attacks before finding refuge in the swamps.

Black and White photo of a young Marion with her mother

Marion Deichmann

Holocaust Survivor • Hidden Child, occupied France

A German Jewish survivor, escaped occupied Luxumbourg and France, eventually hiding with a family in war-torn Normandy.

Black and white photo of Rodi and her dad in residential area on front lawn.

Rodi Waterman Glass

Holocaust Survivor • Westerbork Transit Camp, occupied Netherlands

A Dutch Jewish survivor imprisoned in Westerbork transit camp three times before being sent to the Vittel internment camp in France.

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    Watch survivors introduce themselves and share a bit about their lives.

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    Trace their paths from beginning to now.