Vermonters Share their Family Holocaust Stories
Eva and Andrew Andrews
Debora Steinerman shares her parents’ story of survival:
Eva Grunstein and Andrew Kovary-Andrews survived the war by taking on false identities, running, hiding and outwitting their Nazi pursuers …click here to read more
Menno and Meta Denneboom
Miriam Rosenbloom shares her parents’ story of survival:
Menno and Meta met in Hilversum, Holland before the war began. Separated, they survived thanks to the kindness of strangers …click here to read more
Joseph Fainsilber
Rabbi David Fainsilber share's his grandfather’s story of survival:
Born in Stoczek, Poland, Joseph Fainsilber fought for the Polish Army before taking refuge in Siberia throughout the war …click here to read more
Viktor and Daisy Glaser
Tom Glaser shares his parents’ story of survival:
Viktor and Daisy, forced to leave their home in Czechoslovakia, survived the camps and Josef Mengele’s evil hands before reuniting in post-war Prague …click here to read more
Erika Hecht
Marion Hecht shares her mother’s story of survival:
Born in Hungary, Erika Hecht survived along with her mother and sister by converting to Catholicism and hiding in the Hungarian countryside …click here to read more
Rosel Klein
Marcie Scudder shares her mother’s story of survival:
Born in Berlin, Germany, Rosiel lost her parents when she was 3 years old. She and her 2 older sisters were hidden in numerous orphanages before immigrating to Canada …click here to read more
Ruth Lichtenstern
Heidi Fishman shares her mother’s story of survival:
Born in Cologne, Germany, Ruth Lichtenstern and her family fled to Amsterdam. Through luck, ingenuity, the kindness of friends and strangers, and a false Paraguayan passport they survived Westerbork and Theresienstadt …click here to read more
Ralph Perlberger
Ralph Perlberger shares his story of survival:
Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Ralph, his 2 brothers and mother survived the transports and camps before miraculously reuniting with their father following the war …click here to read more