Dimensions in Testimony
El Paso Holocaust Museum is proud to present its new permanent exhibition: Dimensions in Testimony Dimensions in Testimony, developed by the USC Shoah Foundation, is a conversational experience between visitors and a Holocaust survivor or liberator. This groundbreaking exhibit employs advanced filming techniques, specialized display technologies, and next-generation natural language processing to create an immersive experience. […]
Eger, Albert
Albert Bela Eger was born in 1919 in Presov, Slovakia. In 1940, when the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia, Albert was expelled from the University of Prague and drafted into the Slovakian Army. As a Jew, he was put into a labor brigade but was exempted from the early deportations to the concentration camps because he […]
Eger, Dr. Edith
Edith Eva Eger was born on September 29, 1927 in Kosice, Slovakia, which came under the rule of Hungary in 1938. Her upbringing included early training in ballet and gymnastics. She was being groomed for the Olympics but was barred from the team in 1942 when new anti-Jewish laws were enacted by the Hungarian government. […]
Frankel, Neftali
Neftali Frankel was born on December 26, 1921 in Tarnow, Poland, the eldest of four children. Neftali was 18 years old when World War II began. Soon after the Nazi occupation, restrictions were enforced on the Jews. They were banned from public places, such as parks and movie theaters. Restrictions escalated to violence, and, in […]
Hauptman, Guy
Guy Hauptman was born on April 20, 1939 in Brussels, Belgium to Sara and Nathan Hauptman. When he was four months old, Sara took him to Paris to join Nathan who had received a draft notice from the Polish government in exile. In 1941, the German army invaded France. Believing their son would be safer […]
Klein, Otto
Twins Ferenc and Otto Klein were born in 1932 in Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary. The Klein family owned a lumberyard and a cement factory which were established in the 1800s. In April 1944, their father was arrested and taken away. Two months later, when Hungarian state police rounded up all of the Jews in Hungary, except for […]
Klein, Ferenc
Twins Ferenc and Otto Klein were born in 1932 in Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary. The Klein family owned a lumberyard and a cement factory which were established in the 1800s. In April 1944, their father was arrested and taken away. Two months later, when Hungarian state police rounded up all of the Jews in Hungary, except for […]
Weiser, Dr. Eva
Sigmund Weiser was born in 1908 in Kolomyja, Poland. He and his wife, Eva, were citizens of Italy in the 1930s. They had both received doctorates in pharmacy from Italy’s University of Modena. Being in Italy, they were relatively safe from the Nazis at first. But in 1939, they returned to Poland to attend Eva’s […]
Weiser, Dr. Sigmund
Sigmund Weiser was born in 1908 in Kolomyja, Poland. He and his wife, Eva, were citizens of Italy in the 1930s. They had both received doctorates in pharmacy from Italy’s University of Modena. Being in Italy, they were relatively safe from the Nazis at first. But in 1939, they returned to Poland to attend Eva’s […]
Weiselman, Nathan
Nathan Weiselman was born on April 26, 1914 in Radom, Poland. He was forced into the Radom ghetto in early 1940. He was then transported to Lublin, Poland and then to Cieszanow labor camp. Nathan was deported to Majdanek, one of the six notorious death camps in Poland. Nathan escaped from Majdanek into the Polish […]