International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the date January 27th, 1945 (5705) when the Soviets liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp.
In November 2005, the United Nations decided to mark January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance, dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.
This year (2023/5783) marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and the first steps of the miracle of revival.
Here is a collection of testimoni...[Read more]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the date January 27th, 1945 (5705) when the Soviets liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp.
In November 2005, the United Nations decided to mark January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance, dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.
This year (2023/5783) marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and the first steps of the miracle of revival.
Here is a collection of testimonies from Ganzach Kiddush Hashem’s archives that tell the story of the Holocaust survivors who were deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau, and who despite the suffering and hardships, managed to maintain their image as human beings.
Sarah Leibowitz – Regards from my Father (Velyki Komyaty, Czechoslovakia)
Carmella Wertzel – Separation at the Gates of Auschwitz (Szilagysomlyo, Transylvania)
Elyakim Holland – The First Meeting with Auschwitz (Hungary)
Sarah Leibowitz – Auschwitz/Being Saved from the Selection (Velyki Komyaty, Czechoslovakia)
Sarah Stein – The Separation from My Mother at the Entrance to Auschwitz (Hungary)
Rebbetzin Esther Klein – My First Meeting with the Auschwitz Camp (Kerestir, Hungary)
Carmella Wertzel – The Way to Auschwitz (Szilagysomlyo, Transylvania)
Shmuel and Mordechai Basch – Testimony from Hell (Spinka, Romania)
Sarah Leibowitz – The Tearing Apart of My Family (Velyki Komyaty, Czechoslovakia)
Elyakim Holland – The Holidays in Auschwitz (Hungary)
Chaya Chava Erlanger – Auschwitz (Lodz, Poland)
Abba Halperin – Auschwitz (Lithuania)
Uri Teitelbaum – In the Train on the Way to Auschwitz (Hajdunanas, Hungary)
Esther Borstein – Shabbat Night in Auschwitz
Yehoshua Danziger – Auschwitz/The First Meeting with Death (Tiszalok, Hungary)
Gershon Holczer – Father and Daughter in Auschwitz (Slovakia)
Menachem Haberman – Tefillin in Auschwitz (Munkacs, Czechoslovakia)
Yosef Kleinman – “I Will Not Die for I Will Live” (Hungary)
Mordechai Bar Yosef - A Mass Grave in Nitra (Pressburg, Slovakia)
Rachel Herzl - Longings (Hungary)
Rachel Herzl - Holding onto Faith (Hungary)
Eliezer Meirowitz - Song in a Concentration Camp (Czechoslovakia)
Moshe Schnewald – Shabbat on the Train (Szarvas, Hungary)
Shaindy Miller - War of Life (Hungary)