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Gene Klein
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein spoke at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 21, 2016. Mr. Klein is a resident of Central Florida and spoke at the second program in the yearlong Holocaust Center series ent ... Read more
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Harriett Lake Oral History Interview
My name is Harriett Lake and I was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.. Listen as one of Central Florida's top philanthropists tells where the money came from, how our community developed, her reasons for giving, and what she plans to give in the fu ... Read more
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Holocaust Survivor Panel Discussion
Local Holocaust survivors Eva Ritt, Harry Lowenstein, and Sonja  Marchesano share their remembrances of Kristallnacht and their Holocaust experiences in this four part oral history recording.  LISTEN Part I (15:36)  Introduction by Holocaust Center ... Read more
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Lecture: Memories of Kristallnacht: Last Glimpses of a Dying World
ABOVE: Holocaust Resource Educator Mitchell Bloomer presents "Memories of Kristallnacht: Last Glimpses of a Dying World" at the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida November 5, 2013 as part of the 75th Anniversary of Kristal ... Read more
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Helen Greenspun with Displacement Camp Theater Group
ABOVE: Helen Garfinkel, center in white coat, is pictured with the theater performers at Displacement Camp in Ainring, Germany. Ms. Garfinkel was liberated from Allach concentration camp on April 29th, 1945 by the United States Military. After recuperati ... Read more
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An Annual Time to Remember
Chaplain Ken Vinal of Trinity Prep School in Central Florida says, "Yom HaShoah is a day, a time that is difficult to face, the inhumanity and all that happened." He participated in the 2010 Yom HaShoah event at the Holocaust Education and Resource Cen ... Read more
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Rebecca Ethridge, a Winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest
Wekiva High School student Rebecca Ethridge, a winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest, reads her poem, "Humanity". She describes her Holocaust Remembrance Day artwork as a poem about taking on responsibility. [embed]http://www.youtube.com ... Read more
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Helen Garfinkel Greenspun World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma
Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel's World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma which she earned while living in Displacement Camp. Helen Garfinkel lived at  the Ainring, Germany Displaced Persons Camp from 1946-1949. The  displaced persons ... Read more
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Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun Visits Chmielnik, Poland
July 25, 2008, Heritage Florida Jewish News (Page 2) special on Holocaust survivor  Helen Greenspun's journey from Orlando, FL to Chmielnik, Poland, her childhood home. In 1942 German Nazis took Helen and her siblings Bela, Nsathan, Regina and Sonia f ... Read more
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Holocaust Commemoration Day Reflections with Lawrence Kolin of Orlando
I come every year because I'm a...survivor. And so I come to pay my respects. And I wouldn't be here today if my family hadn't escaped. So, I'm always very solemn on this day and thankful that some folks in my family had the foresight to come to America. ... Read more
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Displacement Camp Photo of Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun
Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel at  the  Ainring, Germany Displacement  Camp where she lived  from 1946 to 1948. The  displaced  persons  camp  (DP Camp) was a former German Air Force base located  near Freilassing  ten miles from Hi ... Read more
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Helen Greenspun and Regina Muscovitz at Treblinka
Photo of Holocaust survivors Helen Garfinkel Greenspun, left,  and her sister, Regina Garfinkel Muscovitz, taken at Treblinka, Poland. Helen and Regina are standing in front of the grave marker for Chmielnik, Poland, their hometown. In 1942 Ger ... Read more