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Rose was born into a large Orthodox family. Her father, Solomon, was an accomplished tailor. Responsibility was thrust upon her as an innocent and wide-eyed 14-year old when she and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in April 1944.
Eva was the only child in a well-to-do family. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother was a doctor. Eva enjoyed the luxuries that life had to offer. At the age of twelve, her life changed forever when she and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Aga was born into a poor family in 1926, in a small village in Austro-Hungary. Aga was one of seven children. In 1944 she and her family were taken to the town of Mukachevo. Shortly after, they were loaded into a cattle train and sent to Auschwitz.
From @yadvashem: "Moshe has dedicated his life to supporting needy Holocaust survivors, commemorating Greek Jewry and fighting Holocaust denial. For 15 years, he was Chairman of the Association of Survivors of Concentration Camps of Greek Origin Living in Israel.
Josef was born in 1929 in Tache, a small town in then-Czechoslovakia. He had three brothers and a twin sister. Under Nazi occupation, Jews were subjected to many restrictions. They were not allowed to attend school or leave their homes.
Ben was born into a Jewish, middle-class family of seven. He had an older brother, Moishe, two older sisters, Lola and Goldie, and a younger brother, Naftali, whom they called Tuli.
Elisabeth’s parents Leopold and Malvina raised her and her brother Isador in a traditional Jewish home. Her grandmother Bluma Salomon was a significant figure in her life.
Eva was born into an orthodox Jewish family. Her father was the rabbi, cantor, and teacher for their small village in Hungary. Eva had ten siblings, three of whom died in infancy.
Tova was born in Gdynia, Poland, adjacent to Danzig. Her family came from Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, and returned there when the war broke out. Her father was shocked at the devastation of his town. 15,000 Jews were cramped into six four-story buildings, unable to leave.
Wendy VanBeelen, one of our 2022 #Auschwitz Legacy Fellows, is a high school teacher in Mason, Michigan.
Samuel Beller was born in Oświęcim, Poland. He recalls the anxious feeling the Jews of his town felt weeks before the invasion of Poland by the Nazis: the fiery, red-painted sky, an indication that something terrible was on the horizon. He was right.
Rebecca Taylor, one of our 2022 #Auschwitz Legacy Fellows, is a high school teacher from Utah. She earned her bachelor’s in social science from Southern Utah University and a master’s degree in American history and government from Ashland University.
Dov Landau was born in 1928, the oldest of 4 brothers. When war broke out, and the Nazis occupied Poland in 1939, Dov was eleven years old, Nissan was ten, Yosef was eight, and Naftali, the youngest, was four. Dov tragically lost his entire family.
Meyer was born into a religious family. His father was a rabbi and came from generations of rabbis before him. Meyer was extremely close to his father, accompanying him to surrounding cities before the Jewish holidays and other occasions.
Frieda was born into an observant and loving household, the youngest of six children. She enjoyed a normal and happy childhood in Łódź, where she attended a Jewish all-girls public school and dreamed of continuing her studies to pursue accounting.
Jona was 9 years old when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Jews were to identify themselves with a yellow badge and could not be on the street after 5pm. They were not allowed to attend school. Signs in all social places read, "Jews and dogs are not permitted to enter."
.@MrsWreggs, one of our 2022 #Auschwitz Legacy Fellows, is a high school teacher from Michigan. She is a veteran social studies teacher with over 23 years of experience teaching world history, civics, and other social studies electives.
On February 10, 1930, Michael was born in Grudziadz, a small Polish town. He was the youngest of 4 children, with 2 sisters & an older brother. Although the family was from Łódź, they moved to Grudziadz for better financial opportunities before Michael was born.
Tory is a high school teacher from Salt Lake City. She teaches history and social studies at Bingham High School in South Jordan, Utah. She has been teaching for 15 years and has a B.A. in History Education and a Master’s Degree in American history.
Edith was one of the survivors who came with our Foundation's delegation to @AuschwitzMuseum in January 2020 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the camp's liberation. 
Hirsz was one of the survivors who came with our Foundation's delegation to @AuschwitzMuseum in January 2020 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the camp's liberation.