Date of Birth: December 1, 1906 Nuchem Goldrosen was born in Podwolozcysk, Russia. He was a foreign correspondent in Berlin, and then later, in the Netherlands. He spoke nine languages. His wife, Rosa, and two daughters, Sabine and Hadassah, lived in The Hague until the spring of 1942. Nuchem and his family decided it would be best to … [Read more...] about Nuchem Goldrosen
Maud Dahme
Maud Dahme was born in Amersfoort, Holland. In 1942, the Germans sent letters to all the Jewish families ordering them to appear at a railroad station with one suitcase. The family was suspicious, and asked one of their Christian friends associated with the Resistance to hide Maud and her sister Rita. Their parents instructed them never to reveal … [Read more...] about Maud Dahme
Matthew Yosafat
Matthew Yosafat was born in 1936 in Katerini, Greece. Before the war, he had a happy childhood and a great relationship with his family. He was one of the two Jews in his class and did not experience anti-Semitism. His family kept tradition and observed the Jewish holidays. In 1934, Matthew and his extended family went into hiding after they … [Read more...] about Matthew Yosafat
Mark Livstone
Meir Michailovich Livshits (now known as Mark Livstone) was born in April of 1943 in a partisan camp in Belarus where he lived until the Nazis left in 1944. Mark’s parents had a partisan camp wedding. He was born in a hut built with branches. In November 1943, Hitler ordered the destruction of all Belarus partisan resistance. The partisan … [Read more...] about Mark Livstone
Mark Irgang
Mark Irgang was born in Siberia, after his parents escaped from Jaroslav, Poland in 1944. When Mark was one year-old he and his family left for a displaced persons camp organized by HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) in Austria. Mark stayed with his parents in this camp until the age of five. While living there he was malnourished and endured … [Read more...] about Mark Irgang
Margit Wolf
Margit was born in Hungary and was classically trained at the Hungarian State Opera Ballet Academy. When she was seventeen years old, the ballerina travelled to Italy to perform. Later, she married Pasquale Frustaci, a Roman Catholic who was a famous orchestra director and music composer. In 1936, they had a son name Cesare. In 1938, the Italian … [Read more...] about Margit Wolf
Lorie Mayer
Date of Birth: March 13, 1927 Lorie was an only child who grew up in the town of Eberswalde, Germany where her parents owned a clothing store. When Hitler came to power in Germany, Lorie noticed that things in her town gradually began to change. Any "acquaintances that were not Jewish were not allowed to associate anymore." On November 9, … [Read more...] about Lorie Mayer
Lilly Lesley
Lilly was born in Beuthen, Germany in 1926. Even though she managed to escape the concentration camps, her life was marked by the events that she witnessed as a child and the hardships that her family had to endure during the times of the war. Lilly led a privileged life. Her father owned furniture stores and considered himself a Jew, but also took … [Read more...] about Lilly Lesley
Lila Williamson
Lila was born Liselott Koch in Mainz, Germany in 1923. Her mother died when she was about 5 and her sister Ruth was 3. Before World War II, Lila had a comfortable and sheltered life. This period in Lila’s life ended with Kristallnacht—Nazis threw bricks into their bedroom windows, injuring Lila’s grandmother. After Kristallnacht, they relocated … [Read more...] about Lila Williamson
Leonard Katz
Leonard was born in Dresden, Germany in 1923. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a housewife and amateur pianist. He had one younger brother, Gert. Leonard spoke German at home and had a secular education until he was 15 when he was no longer permitted to attend school because he was Jewish. Leonard’s father was arrested in 1938 and came … [Read more...] about Leonard Katz