By: Feiga Weiss, Head Librarian & Archivist – The Holocaust tragedy keeps resurfacing. In 2010, a gentleman with no foreign accent arrived in the Library and after mustering great courage, announced, “I am a Holocaust survivor.” He had come to the Library to see if he might find out about his background. He identified himself… Continue Reading No one knows what happened to six-year-old Rolf Hess
By: Gary Karp, President of the Board of Directors – As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of WWII, we are aware of the need to cultivate a new generation of storytellers. The personal stories of loss, survival and rebuilding must be told, and who better to tell… Continue Reading Children of Survivors are Stepping Up
By: HMC Editorial Staff – Vera Spitz Herz last saw her childhood friend Agnes Kohn in a Displaced Persons camp in 1947. They had been school chums in Debrecen, Hungary, when the Germans came and took them from their homes. Vera and her family had miraculously survived as slave laborers. Agnes had endured Auschwitz and… Continue Reading Searching For Agi
