Many Jews went to concentration camps when Hitler and the Nazis took power in Europe.  These people survived and have shared their stories with the world.

Isak Borenstein was born May 5, 1918 in Poland.  He moved to Russia after the Nazis came into Poland.  The Russians drafted him into the army.  Before he could fight they had to surrender to the Germans.  He was taken prisoner of war.  He had to defuse bombs for the Nazis.  He escaped from the concentration camp.  While he was walking home a Russian soldier spotted him and told him he had to go into the army.  After the war he lived in Germany a few years, then moved to New Orleans.

Solomon Radasky was born May 17, 1910 in Warsaw Poland.  Every member in his family died except him.  When he was accused of smoking that almost killed him.  He was sent to Auschwitz and everyone got a number tattooed to their arm.  He got 128232 which adds up to 18. In Hebrew 18 means life.  When he got liberated he moved to New Orleans.

Eva Galler was born January 1, 1924. When she got done with seventh grade she went on a hunger strike, so she could go to high school.  Her father let her go to high school because of the strike.  When she was going to a concentration camp she jumped from the train.  Her brother and sister jumped to, but they got shot.  When she got found by people of the nearest town, she went to work as a maid.  She had to go to confession, but she didn't know what to do because she was Jewish.  She had to ask her friends what to do at confession.

Joseph Sher was born July 27, 1917 in Poland. When he was a teenager he had to go to the market and lay facedown. The Nazis shot every 10th or 12th man to scare them. He was sent to work on a highway for Hitler.  When he got back he was saved by his brother because he could take 10 people to work at a factory.  While they were working their ghetto got evacuated.  After the war he moved to New Orleans.

Shep Zitler was born May 27, 1917 in Lithuania.  He worked on the Autobahn in Austria.  Only his sister survived the war with him.  He was liberated by the Russians.  After the war he moved to New Orleans.  He went to the First Survivor Meeting in Israel.

Jeanine Burke was born September 15, 1939 in Brussels Belgium.  Her father hid her from the Germans at a friends house.  She could only go outside sometimes, but when she did she had to play in the backyard.  Her mother and sister went into hiding after the Nazis took her father.  Shortly after the war her mother died of cancer.  She went to live with other relatives.  She moved to New York as a child.  She went to the Holocaust Survivors Meeting in Philadelphia 1985.

Even though all of these people experienced the Holocaust they survived and continued with a new life.  Many Jews couldn't return home because they had been looted or another family was living there.  Then the Jews had to go to displaced person's camp.  The Holocaust was horrible for all people in Europe.

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By Nate Jelinek