Were a senior in high school or kind of transitioning, because im sure that many of us have experienced certain difficulties, but maybe not to the extent that you have. What can you say that your attitude was, even as a young person . So as a High School Senior say having been through all that youd been through, what was your attitude in terms of going through transitioning of that life from being a child to a young adult, given all that youd experienced . Its a very good question. Unfortunately, im 87 now. Its hard to remember what it was like to be 19 or 20, but as i said before when you are very young, very elastic and plastic so you can adapt to you forget bad things and you just concentrate on the good. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. I think were going to close our program now, and so, again, after julius finishes, joel will come up on the stage and ill ask you to stand at that point and well get julius heading upstairs to sign copies of his book. So julius. Yes. I was
Her familys experience in romania. At 10 00 eastern, holocaust survivor julius menn talks about growing up in poland and palestine in the 1930s and 40s. Wednesday night on American History tv prime time, the civil war and reconstruction. It begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with defeat and the idea of southern honor. At 8 55, photographs that show the history of emancipation. At 9 45 p. M. Eastern, the political battles during reconstruction after the civil war. And at 10 50, historians discuss the different narratives created after the war to explain why the south lost. Next on American History tv, holocaust survivor anna grosz recalls her familys experiences after hungary annexed a portion of romania that included their hometown. And then imposed antisemitic laws. The family was confined along with other jews to a ghetto when nazi germany occupied hungary. They were transported to the auschwitz concentration camp in poland and later forced to perform hard labor. This event was part of the
Zeilfreund. Am samuel owned a vineyard and was a wine mer shant while ilona cared for anna and her five series. In 1940 rockshaw fill under hungary rule and the people there became subject to antisemitic laws. Under the new laws annas father vineyard was confiscated and he was conscripted into the hungarian labor service. Samuel never returned home. This photo from 1943 shows anna and her sisters in order from left to right is clara, elizabeth, margaret, margarets daughter suzan, violet, anna and gisela. In march 1944, nazi germany occupied hungary. Hundreds of thousands of hungarian jews were turned over to the custody of the germans. Anna, her sisters and her mother were placed into the sahtu mory ghetto indicated by the circumstanceal on this map and then deported to auschwitz berk no. Auschwitz is indicated by the blue arrow on this map. Nazi authorities selected anna and three of her sisters for forced labor while they sent her mother and two other sisters to the gas chambers. In
We have prepared a slide presentation to help with her introduction. She was born into a jewish family in 1926 in transylvania, a part of romania. She celebrated her 90th birthday yesterday. [applause] there on this map, these photos taken in 1919 show annas parents. Samuel owned a vineyard. Elona cared for and and her sisters. In 1940 rock shaw fell under , hungarian law. Under the new laws and fathers vineyard was confiscated and he was conscripted. He never returned home. This photo shows anna and her sisters in order from left to right, clara, elizabeth, margaret, suzanne, violent, violet, anna, and gisela. Nazi germany occupied hungary. Officials agreed to turn herbal turnover hundreds of thousands of hungarian jews to the custody of the germans. Anna, her sisters and her mother were placed into the ghetto indicated by the circle on this map and deported to auschwitz. It is indicated by our blue arrow on this map. Not see authorities nazi authorities selected anna and Three Sister