Schweitzer, Lee

Lee Schweitzer was born in Vienna, Austria on April 16, 1915. Early on in the Nazi occupation of Austria, he was able to move to Palestine because he had relatives […]
Schweitzer, Gertrude

Gertrude Schweitzer was born in Vienna, Austria on August 15, 1914 to Leah and Isaac Burger. She had one brother, Yosef, who was three years older. After the Nazi occupation […]
Schuller, Yvonne

Yvonne (Resler) Schuller was born on November 30, 1915 in Paris, France. When the Nazis occupied Paris in 1941, she was smuggled from her apartment and fled through the forests […]
Schuller, Rose

Rose Schuller was born in 1920 in Brussels, Belgium. She was hidden by Italian fascists for the duration of the war and married Albert Schuller in 1945. They came to […]
Schkoll, Mike

Mike (Wolfgang) Schkoll was born to Jakob and Mimi Schkoll on June 5, 1936 in Velbert, Germany. He attended public schools in Germany, but eventually his parents made an effort […]
Schaechner, Tibor

Tibor Schaechner was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 28, 1928. His father owned a feather and down business, and Tibor and his sister, Magda, enjoyed a comfortable middle class […]
Schaechner, Agnes

Agnes Klein was born in August 1930 in Debrecen, Hungary to Solomon Klein and Lily Schwartz Klein. She had younger twin brothers, Otto and Ferenc. Her father owned a lumber […]
Saks, Eric

Eric Saks was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926. When the Nazis took over Austria in 1938, his family went into hiding in Vienna for several months. They escaped to […]
Rybak, Nathan

Nathan Rybak was born in 1912 in Radom, Poland. He was the second youngest of eight brothers and sisters. The family lived on a dairy farm and, because the synagogue […]
Rose, Eric

Eric (Rosenzweig) Rose was born on February 18, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Just as conditions for Jews in Vienna were worsening, Eric barely escaped what would have been a certain […]