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Archive - 2010

January 27th

New Survivor Biographies

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 4:30pm

We are pleased to provide you with a new survivor biography of Belle Ostroff, who hid for 4 years through the German occupation of France. Her biography can be viewed and downloaded here.

Kurt Herman's biography has been added and can be viewed and downloaded here.

Manya Frydman Perel's biography has been added and can be downloaded here.

Peco/Exelon Employees Hear Michael Herskovitz Speak

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 4:23pm

Holocaust survivor Michael Herskovitz told his Peco/Exelon audience that one Saturday morning, in 1942, his normal middle class existence came to an abrupt end when German soldiers marched into his small village in Czecklosovakia. He saw disrespect, abuse, cruelty, and murder as he and his family moved to tent cities, railroad cars, and finally concentration camps.