Holocaust survivor, Ellen Bottner grew up in Germany under Nazi persecution. Hear her extraordinary story of survival on the Kindertransport, life with a foster family in England, and reflections on intolerance today.

Eleanora Deutsch was born on December 10, 1942, to Ernst and Margaret Deutsch. By early 1944, just two years later, the family was hiding in the woods outside of Rome, Italy.

World War II veteran, Dr. Gerald Weiner, born in 1927, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA during the Great Depression and can vividly remember the events leading up to World War II, and his involvement in the United States Navy, prior to VJ Day.

Hana’s mother, Priska Löwenbein,was two months pregnant when she was deported to Auschwitz in 1944.

Holocaust survivor, Maya Beatrix Konig Goldberg, who went affectionally as Tricky which was her nickname at camp, was born on August 25, 1936 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia to Franz & Adna Konig. Watch the story of Maya’s escape.

Samuel R. Harris was born in Deblin, Poland and is one of the youngest survivors of the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Watch the video and learn about Sam’s legacy as the youngest holocaust survivor.

While a teenager, Elizabeth survived the horrors of the Holocaust, and witnessed many atrocities while in the ghetto, and later while she was sent by cattle car to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme Concentration Camps, before being liberated.

Holocaust survivor, Miriam Taytelbaum Ailloni was born on July 31, 1935 in the Town of Veere, the Netherlands, located in the Province of Zeeland to Elzina & Maurits Taytelbaum.

Evelyn’s family experienced Kristallnacht, and knew they had to flee Berlin. They secured visas thanks to the help of Ho Feng Shan, who helped to save thousands of Jews as they sought refuge in Shanghai, China.

Holocaust survivor Klaus (as he was called at the time) Benjamin Raphael was born in Essen, Germany on July 20, 1929, to Else & Felix Raphael. Klaus came from an upper, middle-class family, and as Hitler & the Nazis consolidated their power, his parents witnessed many warning signs of antisemitism.