Survivor Testimonies
Naftali “Tuli” Deutsch - Part 1
Survivor of 5 Concentration Camps
Naftali “Tuli” Deutsch was born in 1931, in Kimyat, Ruthenia (then Czechoslovakia), a small village in the Carpathian Mountains. He was one of nine brothers and sisters. His father was in charge of Jewish education in the area, and he studied with him at home for six to seven hours every day. He taught him the scriptures and the importance of conforming his life to them, a value Tuli still cherishes today. In 1944 the Jews in Kimyat were ordered to report to the synagogue from which they were taken to the local ghetto Nagyszőllős. Eventually Tuli, along with most of his family, was deported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival at Auschwitz, Tuli was separated from his parents and siblings and sent to a labor camp. His parents and some other family members perished in the Holocaust, but his father’s last message to him was an exhortation that Tuli would survive, and he would help others. At the age of twelve, Tuli was transported to Mauthausen, where he was incarcerated in one of its sub-camps, Guzen II. He miraculously survived harrowing experiences in the camps and was liberated near Linz, Austria in May of 1945. Tuli published his incredible story in A Holocaust Survivor: In the Footsteps of His Past.
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Naftali “Tuli” Deutsch - Part 2
Survivor of 5 Concentration Camps
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Naftali “Tuli” Deutsch - Part 3
Survivor of 5 Concentration Camps
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David Mermelstein
Survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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Dr. Susan Spatz
Survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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Irving Roth
Born In Czechoslovakia
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Kate Wacz
Saved by Raoul Wallenberg
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Jack Gluck
Hungarian Survivor
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Ivan Gabor
Rescued by Raoul Wallenberg
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Livia Frankel
Survivor of Auschwitz
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Tobias Rawet
Survivor of Lodz Ghetto
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Walter Ziffer
Survivor of Numerous Camps
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Abe Stein
Jewish WWII Veteran
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Bill Levine
Born in Poland
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Norman Hayon
Survivor & WWII Veteran
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Vincenzo Giacalone
WWII Veteran
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Rachel Steinberger
Survivor of Auschwitz
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Sam Wertheim
Hidden by Oscar Schindler
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Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
Holocaust Survivor
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Rachel Dagan
Second Generation Holocaust Survivor
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Sabine Sharon
Entebbe Terrorist Incident Survivor
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Mark Newman
Czech Holocaust Survivor
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Kitty Cohlen
German Holocaust Survivor
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Herbie Karliner
Holocaust Survivor & St. Louis Passenger
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Rabbi Samuel Cywiak
Holocaust Survivor
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Bastiaantje Brouwer
Dutch Survivor
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