Ii. Next, Louise Lawrence israel talks about what the holocaust was like in the netherlands where she grew up. Thats followed by survivor julius mann who tells his story of getting through the war in poland and lithuania. Then anna grows who survived the holocaust in romania. The political battled during reconstruction, 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 Louise Lawrence israel recalls going into hiding with her family after German Forces invaded the netherlan netherlands. Louise celebrated her second and third birthdays in an amsterdam apartment hidden in plain sight using false identification papers acquired by her father. She discusses how her family coped with life in hiding and how it has affected her since. This event was part of the United States Holocaust Memorial museums first person series. Weve prepared a brief audio visual introduction and some images. Sh
To the city of amsterdam, the capital of the netherlands. This is where louise and her family went into hiding until the very end of the war. This is my favorite one, though. There is a picture of louise when she was one year old, she was cute then, shes still cute now. This is louise with her favorite doll, her brothers little pull toy and one of the chairs that she had as a gift for her second birthday. That chair is now in the possession of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum and its been occasionally on exhibit thanks to louise. Louise spent her second birthday in hiding with her parents and they celebrated her birthday during their time in hiding thanks to some of their their friends and reserve officers from the outside. So this is louises Apartment Building and you can see the arrow pointing to the attic apartment where her family hid during the war years, and following louises birthday, that picture that we just saw, that Little Family of louises would spend an addition
And she was born there in 1942. There we go. There are the netherlands. And the pointer is now pointing to the city of amsterdam, the capital of the netherlands. This is where louise and her family went into hiding until the very end of the war. This is my favorite one, though. There is a picture of louise when she was one year old, she was cute then, shes still cute now. This is louise with her favorite doll, her brothers little pull toy and one of the chairs that she had as a gift for her second birthday. That chair is now in the possession of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum and its been occasionally on exhibit thanks to louise. Louise spent her second birthday in hiding with her parents and they celebrated her birthday during their time in hiding thanks to some of their their friends and reserve officers from the outside. So this is louises Apartment Building and you can see the arrow pointing to the attic apartment where her family hid during the war years, and followin
This museum. Our program will continue twice weekly through midaugust. The museums website listed on the back of your Program Provides information about each of our upcoming first person guests. The website address is www. Ushmm. Org. Anyone interested in keeping in touch with the museum and its programs can complete the stay connected card that youll find in your program or speak with a museum representative at the back of the theater. In doing so, you will receive an electronic copy of julius menns biography so you can remember and share his testimony after you leave here today. Julius will share with us his first person account of his experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about 45 minutes. If we have time at the end of our program for you to ask some questions, we will do so. The life stories of Holocaust Survivors transcend the decades. What you are about to hear from julius is one individuals account of a holocaust. We have prepared a brief slide presentation to he
Man was born in a part of romania. Anna celebrated her 90 thd birthday yesterday. [ applause ] the arrow on the map points to her hometown. The photos taken in 1919 show annas parents samuel owned a vineyard and a wine merchant. Her mother carry cared for anna and her five sisters. Jewish people in rockshaw became subject to antisemitic laws. Under the new laws mans father vineyard was confiscated and he was conscripted into the hunk gareon labor service. He never returned home. Agreed to turn over hundreds of thousands of jews to the custody of the germans. Man, her sisters, and her mother were placed into the ghetto indicated by the circle on the map. And then deported to awe swichs. Its indicated by the blue arrow on the map. They sent her mother and two sisters to the gas chambers. Anna and her remaining Three Sisters were sent to a concentration camp indicated here with a red arrow. Later they were transferred. In february of 1945 the ss evacuated most of the prisoners including a