Survivor Stories

Maria Chamberlain shares the story of her father Artur and mother,

Bobby was born in 1929 in a small mountain town called Svalyava in Hungary.

Chaim was born 1922 into a large, orthodox Jewish family and raised in the Polish town of Sosnowiec.

Charlotte’s family were patriotic Austrians who could be traced in

Looking back in history, we might wonder how the Nazis managed to persuade people in an educated..

Tim Mulroy tells the story of his father Hans and his aunt Hana who were twins.

Helen was born in 1916 in Trutnov, which is in the present day Czech Republic.

Elissa tells the story of her grandma Henrike Auerbach also known as Henny.

Ernie’s family were victims of Nazi Persecution because they were communists and political opponents of Hitler.

Illse was the only daughter of Rosa and Max Beres. This story starts much earlier,

Just eight days later she was placed in an orphanage, her family already torn apart by the growing persecution of Jews.

Marianne was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1924. She escaped to Britain on the Kindertransport, lived in wartime London, built a new life and family, and “gave back” to the country that offered her a refuge.

Martin and Ernst Wertheim were brothers and the sons of Erich Wertheim and Margarete (nee Schwabe) Wertheim.

Tomi lived with his parents as an only child. His father owned a scrap metal business in the…

Chorzow is about an hour’s drive away from Cracow and near the border with Germany.