Eva Lowen was born in Vienna, Austria in 1929. Her father, a dentist by profession, had come to Vienna from Lvov, and her mother was born and raised in Vienna. Eva grew up in a German-speaking Liberal-Reform Jewish household, although Eva defined her parents approach to religion as more “intellectual.” Although she was mainly “sheltered” …
Read MoreRuth Lindemann was born in February 1933 in Vienna, Austria. Ruth’s mother was a secretary and her father worked in a warehouse. When Ruth was six her father was taken to Dachau and she and her mother were forced to move into a house with several other Jewish families. Ruth’s mother enlisted the help of …
Read MoreAlice Kern was born Alice Lucy Koppel in Sighet, Romania on March 30th, 1923. She, her mother, father, and two older brothers all lived in a house on the same street as future Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Weisel. Alice’s father traveled frequently around Romania for work, bringing home fresh cheeses and other dairy products …
Read MoreDr. Henry Kahn was born in Bad Nauheim, Germany on August 21, 1902. His paternal grandfather, Morris Kahn, was the proprietor of a general and dry goods store in the German state of Hesse, where he faced antisemitism from local villagers. Henry’s maternal grandparents, the Rosenthals, owned a butcher shop in Bad Nauheim. Henry’s hometown …
Read MoreErna was born in Poland in 1912, but moved to Vienna with her family when she was a year old. She was the eldest of three daughters. Her parents were Orthodox Jews, and her father owned a kosher restaurant. Erna graduated from medical school in Vienna, and married Alfred, a literature student, in 1935. When …
Read MoreEline Hoekstra Dresden was born the youngest of four Jewish children on January 4, 1923 in The Hague, The Netherlands; two years later her family moved to Utrecht, The Netherlands. It was apparent to Eline’s family that some parts of Europe were no longer safe for Jews as soon as the beginning of the Second World …
Read MoreGunter Hiller was born an only child in 1928 to working class parents outside of Berlin, Germany. He attended school briefly in Berlin before his parents moved the family to Amsterdam in the summer of 1938. Gunter was in public school in Amsterdam, but only briefly; the pogroms forced him and all of his other …
Read MoreRose Hassin was born on August 26, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. She had an older sister, Bobby, and a twin sister named Amy. Her father was in the furniture business and ran his own factory. The family was comfortable, and spent summers vacationing abroad. This all changed when Hitler rose to power. Rose and her siblings …
Read MorePeter Greg was born Peter Guggenheimer on March 26, 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was the only child of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. Peter attended grade school and gymnasium in Berlin until 1942 when all of the Jewish students were expelled from public German schools. Although the pogroms and the war made …
Read MoreInge Graetz was born on April 2, 1915 in Berlin, Germany, the only child of Juljus and Selma (Leiser) Tzudova. Inge was raised among a large extended family, with many aunts, uncles, and cousins. She attended both a Jewish day school and a Jewish high school, and she was a member of several Jewish clubs. …
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