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Survivors of The Holocaust

By: Lily Mainhardt 3 rd Hour. Survivors of The Holocaust . Some Information. People would have to wear striped pajamas There were not many survivors Some survivors were: Gerda Weissmann, she was 15 Zelda Prolofsky, she was only 9.

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Survivors of The Holocaust

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  1. By: Lily Mainhardt 3rd Hour Survivors of The Holocaust

  2. Some Information • People would have to wear striped pajamas • There were not many survivors • Some survivors were: • Gerda Weissmann, she was 15 • Zelda Prolofsky, she was only 9 This is one of the uniforms a prisoner wore while in the camp These are some kids that survived

  3. Gerda Weissmann • About 5.7 million Jews • Gerda Weissmann was a survivor • Born in Bielsko, Poland on May, 8, 1924 • Only Fifteen • Her and her mother was sent to a camp • Separated into different groups • Never saw her mother again • Later wrote a book • All But My Life, by Gerda Weissmann Klein This is her book Her older Her younger

  4. Zelda Polofsky • Another survivor was Zelda Polofsky • She was born in 1932 • Nazis occupied the village in 1941 • Lived in hiding for fours years • Only 27 of 550 Jews survived in the village • Many Jews had health cards This is a health card of one of the many prisoners

  5. More Information • Many families got their kids on Kindertransports • Often only one member of a large family survives • Jews had to wear a Star of David They wore this on their clothes so they could be identified This is a kindertransport

  6. What I Used… • The book that I got most of my information from was, Survivors Of The Holocaust By Jane Shuter. It was made in 2003. • Some websites I used: • http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaustsurivors/Holocaust_Survivors_Their_Stories.htm • http://citizenshipcounts.org/index.php/homepageitems/meet-our-founder/ • http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/ • http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/holocaust.htm

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