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Liberation
The girls marched for months across Germany with no knowledge of where they may end up by the end of it. There were questions about where they might be headed, like Auschwitz. They thought to themselves that this might be the end for them.…
Auschwitz Transit Camp
In June of 1942, everything that Gerda had known or come to love about Bielsko, Polond was gone. A couple of days before Gerda’s departure from Bielsko, her father was taken away by train to a new destination. Then Gerda and her mother left the…
Growing up in France
Leo Michel Abrami (originally Leo’s last name was Abramowski) was born on November 10, 1931 in France. Leo lived with his brother, Robert, his mother, Anna and grandmother, Carlotta or “Lotta”. Leo’s parents had divorced when he was one and half…
Journey Through The Holocaust
A project by Journey Through the HolocaustJourney Through the Holocaust traces individual lives, experiences, and unique stories of a Holocaust Survivors, Liberators, and Righteous Gentiles through a visual narrative. Each individual’s historic journey is developed through the use of academic research involving memoirs, oral testimonies, photographs, interviews and videos.The site is powered by Omeka + Curatescape, a humanities-centered website.
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