A moving 'reunion' for descendants of Holocaust survivors

76 years after American soldiers cut down the barbed wire and fulfilled the prisoners’ impossible dream of freedom, one descendant has set out to bring together the survivors’ loved ones.

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Recognized Names Some Teens And Young Men From Stories Her Father Told For Three Years ,He Baby Faced Captives Lived Among The Dead And Dying In Barracks Boxcars As Nazi Captors Moved Them From Poland To France Germany Skeletal Friends Saida Tearful Kaddisha Jewish Prayer Of Mourning After Learning Their Parents Had Died Gas Chambers But Suddenly ,He Familiar Names Had Faces Seeing The Of All Them Really Brought Story To Life ,Said Eisen ,Ho Discovered The Photos While Moving Her Mother ,9 ,Rom Florida To The Dallas Area This Past Summer Eisen ,2 ,Aid She Felt Compelled To Learn More About The Confidants Who Had Meant So Much Her Father ,Ho Died At Age 88 In 2016 George Salton Was 17 When The Us Army Liberated Wobbelin Concentration Camp Germany On May 2 ,945 Over The Next Few Years ,He Survivors Scattered Around The World Most Lost Touch With Each Other But 76 Years After American Soldiers Cut Down Barbed Wire And Fulfilled Prisoners Impossible Dream Of Freedom ,Isen Set Out To Bring Together The Survivors Loved Ones As Eisen Began Her Research ,He Relied On Names Written In Pencil The Picture Backs Or Mentioned Repeatedly Saltons 2002 Book ,He 23rd Psalma Holocaust Memorial As She Combed Through Nazi Era Data ,Official Documents ,Oncentration Camp Lists And Postwar Records Stored Online Through The Arolsen Archives At International Center On Nazi Persecution In Germany ,Isen Verified Survivors Names And Dates Of Birth Through Ancestry Com ,He Explored Passenger Lists Of Ships That Took Holocaust Survivors To Other Countries ,Ocial Security Cards Documenting Name Changes ,Nd Obituaries And Family Trees Some Assumed New Identities As They Made Fresh Starts After The War Eisens Father Was Born Lucek Salzman In Town Of Tyczyn ,Oland But After The Dangers He Had Faced ,E Chosea Less Jewish Sounding Name Upon Arrival In New York 1947 Google And Facebook Searches Led Eisen To The Children Grandchildren Of Her Fathers Friends ,Ost Of Whom Never Knew Until Now The Full Story What Their Loved Ones Experienced Todd Nussen ,A High School History Teacher In Oceanside ,Eacted With Shock And Excitement When Eisen Texted Him In Late July To Ask About His Namesake Grandfather ,Ho Died At Age 52 In 1973 Nowi Have Details Facts ,He 40 Year Old Educator Said Asa Result Of Eisens Research ,Amily Members Of Eight Holocaust Survivors Met For The First Time Ona Recent Sunday Some Exchanged Hugs And Tears In Person Ata New Jersey Hotel Suite Others Connected Via Zoom From Israel ,Weden And Texas It Just Gave Me The Chills ,7 ,A Resident Of Jackson ,Aid Of The Emotional Gathering ,Hich Came Together Less Than Four Months After The Photos Discovery Ziff Is Daughter Of Tobias Nussen And Aunt Todd Her Father Builta New Life In America Owneda Luncheonette Brooklyn ,Iff Said He Never Talked About The Holocaust ,Ut He Often Had Nightmares And Screamed In His Sleep Eisen Sent Ziffa Copy Of Tobias Nussens Photo As Well Name Ina Tiny Diary That Belonged To Salton It Was Just Crazy ,Crazy ,Iff Said My Only Regret Is That This Didnt Happen While Her Father Salton Was Alivei Would Have Wished To Speak Him Pictured In Another Of The Photos Eisen Found Motek Hoffstetter His Daughter Aviva Findler ,A Retired High School Teacher Who Lives In Tel Aviv ,Aid Her Father ,Ike Many Other Survivors ,Efused To Talk About The Holocaust During Meeting ,I Found Out He Was Very Respected By His Friends ,Hich Made Me Really Proud And Sad ,Indler Said Seeing All Of Us On Zoom Made Me Wonder Once More About The Power Life That Enabled Our Fathers To Start Families And After Losses They Suffered What Witnessed Likewise ,A Doctor In Stockholm ,Poke Little About His Holocaust Experience However ,E Did Tell Her That The Rest Of Family Was Gassed To Death Sitting Ina Zoom Meeting With Peoplei Not Even Know Existed Before ,Nd At The Same Time Understanding That We Largely Shared History ,Asa Very Strange And Unreal Experience ,Chlachet Said Another Of The Survivors ,Lso Moved To The United States Ringel And His Wife ,Lara ,Ntroduced Salton Eisens Father To His Future Wife ,Truth ,Hose Own Jewish Family Had Fled Poland And Labored In Work Camps Siberia During World War Ii Ringel Died At Age 52 1979 Daughter Barbara ,Of Queens ,Elished Meeting The Children And Grandchildren Of Her Fathers Friends That Strength Spirit ,That Courage ,Hat Resilience ,Hat Ability To Really Try Push Each Other Survive That Was What Characterized All Of Our Dads ,Arbara Ringel Said For Much Of His Life ,Isens Own Father Believed In Keeping The Past He Preferred To Focus On Living American Dream Fellow Survivors Did Same ,Ot Wanting To Dwell On Their Rotten Teeth Or Explain Why They Refused Waste Evena Single Piece Of Bread It Sa Wound ,Uth Salton Said Of What She And Her Husband 63 Years Experienced Growing Up We Didnt Want Any Our Kids To Carry The Stuff That Lived Through Thought ,T Will Hurt Them We Want To Be Happy George Salton Proudly Served In The Same Us Army That Had Rescued Him He Earned Degrees Physics And Electrical Engineering Worked Ina High Level Role At Pentagon Held An Executive Position Aerospace Industry But Eventually ,Is Three Children Especially Eisen ,Amed Aftera Grandmother She Never Knew Demanded Answers About His Childhood That Led To George ,Uth And The Three Adult Children Traveling To Poland In 1998 Visit Old Concentration Camps Ghettos ,He Remnants Of Synagogues And Cemeteries Throughout The Central European Country With Eisens Help ,Alton Recounted The Details Of His Familys Holocaust Experience In 2002 Memoir Every Day Blended With Next ,Illed With Hunger ,Sleepless Nights ,Ard Labor And The Constant Threat Of Beatings ,Elections ,End Executions ,E Wrote The Book And New Jersey Gathering Helped Miriam Kershner ,Aughter Of Holocaust Survivor Moses Tuchman ,Nderstand Her Father Ina Way She Never Had ,He Said We All Felt So Connected By Our Parents ,Nd We All Knew That Our Parents Survived Because Of Each Other ,Aid The Retired Teacher ,5 ,Ho Lives In Marlboro ,Ew Jerseyi Felt Likei Knew Her All My Life ,Ershner Said Of Meeting Eisen We Re Sisters From Another Mother Matter Fact ,E Re Going To Get Together Again For Her Part ,Isen Is Writinga Book Of Her Own ,Illar Of Salta Daughters Life In The Shadow Holocaust ,Hich Is Due Out Next April She Cooperating Witha Filmmaker ,Na Documentary Based On Her Fathers Experience And Its Impact The Second Generation Eisen ,A Member Of Congregation Beth Israel ,A Reform Jewish Community In Colleyville ,Aid The Book Title Reflects Her Faithi Felt Compelled To Look Back Even Thoughi Was Warned Not ,She Said ,Eferencing The Biblical Account Of Lots Wife Turning Intoa Pillar Salti Knewi Risked Being Changed ,Uti Had To Face The Past For Sake Of My Father It Was Not Easy Me Bring These Other Families Truth Painful But Their Story ,Nd It Belonged To Them Its Important ,She Believes ,Or ,