Hilde Geisen was born to Robert and Frieda Geisenheimer on May 28, 1924 in Cologne, Germany. She lost most of her family when they were scattered and murdered in various concentration camps. Hilde herself was imprisoned as a teenager in Terezin, in Czechoslovakia. She made lifelong friends with an “adoptive mother” there, and traveled with her …
Read MoreBazil Freedman was born in Cape Town, South Africa on February 6, 1942 to Michael and Bessie Freedman. He grew up in a religious household in the suburbs of Cape Town, attending private schools and afternoon cheder. Bazil’s father died when he was 11 years old and his mother remarried when he was 18. He received …
Read MoreCharlotte (Lotte) Geller Brown was born on April 2, 1924 in the small town of Lackenbach, Austria. Following the German occupation of Austria, all Jews were required to move into the cities and she went with her family to Vienna. Very soon, she was sent to England as part of the Kindertransport program. She lived in …
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