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 […]
Kupfer, Mark
Mark Kupfer was born in November 1929 in Nowogródek, Poland – the second youngest of nine children. The family ran a dry goods store and drugstore. Following the invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939, Mark and his family were forced to go to work for the Nazis doing slave labor on highways, bridges, […]
Krugman, Thelma
Thelma (Krueger) Krugman was born on February 14, 1927 in Sowina, Poland. Her family lived there in a small self-supporting farm. They were forcibly evicted by the invading Nazis and deported to the Kolaczyce ghetto in 1940. They remained there, barely subsiding, until they managed to escape during the final roundup for transport to the […]
Kotkowski, Itzhak
Itzhak Kotkowski was born on December 25, 1921 in Warsaw, Poland. He grew up in the Jewish Quarter or “Old Town,” and his father was an owner of a general store. He had three sisters. When Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, “Izio,” as he was called, was beaten up for being Jewish, which made […]
Kessel, Samuel
Samuel Kessel was born in Lithuania on March 10, 1922, the youngest of five children. His father had died shortly before he was born. When World War II broke out, Samuel was 17 years old. He and his family were forced to relocate to a ghetto in his town. They were eventually deported to the […]