Holocaust Survivor

Writing the Holocaust

Eve Keller | Posted 04.05.2012

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Eve Keller

I sat on a pillowed bench in the Catskills. It was mid-July in the mountains: the trees were ridiculously green; the hummingbirds sipped sugar water. The prospect before me -- attempting Millie's experience at Auschwitz -- it seemed simply absurd.

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Daughter Of Holocaust Survivor Honors Mother’s Savior With Nonprofit That Houses Struggling Families

naperville.patch.com | Posted 01.17.2012

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One woman's sacrifice at the risk of losing her life more than 60 years ago and more than 4,000 miles away made more than a difference in the life of ...

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Elizabeth Rosner: Why You'll Never Hear Me Call Myself A Cancer 'Survivor'

Red Room | Posted 01.21.2012

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Red Room

I lived through something that almost killed me, enduring indescribable layers of pain and fear and loss. Some of us got out alive, and some of us didn't. I am simply one of the lucky ones.

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Holocaust Survivor Sails To Protest Gaza Blockade

University City, MO Patch | Posted 08.31.2011

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Hedy Epstein, an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor, is having trouble packing her luggage. First, she packed too many clothes to fit in her suitcase, but...

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Boris Lurie's Perverse Pin-ups And The NO!art Movement

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 08.28.2011

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Lisa Paul Streitfeld

"Suitcase" 1964, Boris Lurie, Courtesy of the Boris Lurie Foundation Only if it had arrived in a suitcase could the entrance of renegade Boris Luri...

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What Gives Your Life Meaning?

Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Judith Johnson

What sustains you? What puts a smile on your face and lights up your heart? What keeps the embers of your soul on fire? What really matters deeply to you?

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Education Reform: Back to the Future?

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Cronk

Education reformers sometimes point to the "radical" seventies as a time when education seemed aimless. I remember it as a time when teachers were trusted to use their best judgment.

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Aljulah Cutts, Hasib Cutts Arrested In Murder Of Holocaust Survivor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) - Police have arrested two brothers in the strangling of an 89-year-old man in his New York City apartment. Aljulah (Al-Juhl'-ah) Cutts...

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Holocaust Survivor Care A Matter Of 'Utmost Urgency': Conference

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRAGUE — An international conference assessing efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs ...

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Holocaust Survivor Donates Hidden Jewelry To Memorial

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — As a slave laborer in Auschwitz, Meyer Hack was forced to sort through the tattered clothing stripped off inmates before they were s...

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