holocaust survivors

On August 2, 1947, a young man got off the train in a small Swedish town to begin his life a second time. He survived the ghetto of Lodz, the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the slave camps, and the transports during the final months of Nazi Germany. Now, his final challenge is to survive the survival. His story is told by his son, who tried to get close to him, using a child's joy and optimism, but who found that his father's world was darkened by the long shadows of the past.

Holocaust survivors displayed endurance and determination as they searched for loved ones, worked to establish new lives, and fought for justice against the Nazis.

"Amid the brutality of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, a forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this novel in verse that's based on a true story."--Publisher.

Discusses the life of Holocaust survivor, Hilde Jacobsthal.

Martin Greenfield was taken from his Czechoslovakian home in 1944 at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family. There, Greenfield came face to face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and was divided forever from his parents, sisters, and baby brother. Greenfield remembers his desperation and fear as a teenager alone in the death camp--and how an SS soldier's torn shirt dramatically altered the course of his life. He learned how to sew and when he began wearing the shirt under his prisoner uniform, he learned that clothes possess great power and could even help save his life. From sweeping floors at a New York clothing factory, to founding America's premier custom suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now 86 years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of D.C. and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, celebrities Paul Newman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon, and the stars of Martin Scorsese's films.

A collection of personal narratives in which men and women explore how their lives were affected by the Holocaust.

A translation of the account, first published in 1946, of three former prisoners' experiences in Auschwitz; includes a glossary of Auschwitz terminology.

Discusses the creation of Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" and the work of the USC Shoah Foundation.

In October 1991, The American Boychoir traveled to Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) and performed the concert I Never Saw Another Butterfly composed by Charles Davidson. Ten years later, members of the 1991 Boychoir, as young men in their twenties reunited with survivors featured in the original documentary.

Examine the roots of this dark period of history, and meet some of the remarkable victims - and survivors - of its atrocities. Includes two feature segments: Who betrayed Anne Frank? Uncover the last days of this teenager and her life in the "Secret Annex," and discover who disclosed the Frank family to the Nazis. Renunion: Children of La Hille - Join a group of people who survived the Holocaust by hiding in the South of France as they reconnected decades later.