History of holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivors have volunteered at the Museum on a regular basis across the institution—engaging with visitors, sharing their personal histories, serving as tour guides, translating historic materials, and more, since the Museum opened. Their presence has been an invaluable asset, and their contributions vital to the Museum’s mission.

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• Fanny Aizenberg

  Born: December 3, 1916, Łódź (then the Russian Empire, today Poland)

  Died: August 10, 2018, Rockville, MD

  Fanny Aizenberg was born Fajga Orenbuch on December 3, 1916 in Łódź (then the Russian Empire, today Poland) during World War I. Her parents, Benjamin Orenbuch and Rivka Aspis Orenbuch, both came from Orthodox Jewish families.

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• Katie Altenberg

  Born: October 13, 1936, Vienna, Austria

  Died: March 15, 2022, Evanston, IL

  Katie Altenberg was born Käte Engel into a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria in 1936. She and her younger brother Adolph (Adi) lived with their parents on a large estate called Edmundshof in the Austrian province of Burgenland bordering Hungary.

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• David Bayer

  Born: September 27, 1922, Kozienice, Poland

  Died: May 12, 2023, Grasonville, MD

  David Bayer was born on September 27, 19

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Holocaust survivors

People who survived the Holocaust

Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accepted definition of the term, and it has been applied variously to Jews who survived the war in German-occupied Europe or other Axis territories, as well as to those who fled to Allied and neutral countries before or during the war. In some cases, non-Jews who also experienced collective persecution under the Nazi regime are considered Holocaust survivors as well. The definition has evolved over time.

Survivors of the Holocaust include those persecuted civilians who were still alive in the concentration camps when they were liberated at the end of the war, or those who had either survived as partisans or had been hidden with the assistance of non-Jews, or had escaped to territories beyond the control of the Nazis before the Final Solution was implemented.

At the end of the war, the immediate issues faced by Holocaust survivors were physical and emotional recovery from the starvation, abuse, and suffering that they had experienced; the need to search for their relatives and reu

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8 Famous Destruction Survivors Who Shared Their Stories do away with Resilience

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Otto Frank

Otto Frank available his daughter’s diary chronicling her philosophy during say publicly Holocaust.

1889–1980

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