Régine Miller and Daughter Sonia Zylberberg: From Belgium to Montreal
In a poignant oral history, Régine Miller recounts how she was able to survive WWII in Belgium by going into hiding for four years, living...
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In a poignant oral history, Régine Miller recounts how she was able to survive WWII in Belgium by going into hiding for four years, living...
After recounting both her parents' early lives in Romania and their experience coming to Canada after WWII, Jacqueline Gruia-Gray describes the pressures her parents faced...
Listen to Rose Simon Schwartz discuss her memories from her childhood in Cairo, Egypt, from the harmonious early years to the changes and harassment that...
In this clip ninety-eight year old Henry Samel recounts both his and his siblings incredible stories of endurance and survival during the Second World War....
Listen to Alice Lehrer recount her mother's story, from her childhood in Holland and last-minute escape to Canada in 1939, to the challenges of her...
Listen to Gaby Niloff chronicle her family's immigration story, from her early memories of Budapest, her family's escape to Austria following the Hungarian Revolution, her...
Kitty Hoffman narrates her Polish parents' story, and why they were considered a "match made by Hitler". From Poland/Ukraine to Austria to Germany to Norway...
Through a powerful recollection of his family’s journey from Bagdad to Montreal, Sami provides a personal window into the persecution faced by the Iraqi Jewish...
Récit de la vie de Georgette Bensimon, arrivée à Montréal en 1958 parmi les premiers immigrants juifs marocains. (Première partie) Georgette Bensimon’s life story, who...
Listen to Lily Dangoor as she recounts her childhood in Baghdad, memories of the 1958 Revolution, and her ultimate escape to Tehran. Originally written at...