David Bayer
"When I came back to our house there was Germans, in our house, robbing us, taking everything that they can. German officers and German soldiers, whatever they could. A lot of shoes, a lot of leather, they were taking whatever they wanted. We came in, the Germans asked, "What are you doing here?" We said, "We live here, this is my house." They were laughing and making fun of us. We were scared, me, my mother, my brother, my two sisters, my father. My father was 40 years old then. And there was a German that asked my father, "Why do you, why do you, nobody likes the Jews. Why are you so afraid? Why nobody likes the Jews?" Because, my father told him, "Because we don’t hit back." He made a gesture with his fist, I was scared I thought my father was going to hit him but he just made it with his fist. So every German laughed and they left."
(postwar testimony)
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Who is a Survivor?
The Museum defines a survivor as a person who was displaced, persecuted, and/or discriminated against by the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political policies of the Nazis and their allies. In addition to former inmates of concentration camps and ghettos this includes, among others, refugees and people in hiding.
Survivor Volunteers
Sam and Regina Spiegel (both survivor volunteers) first met in a Nazi forced-labor camp. They were reunited after the war. This photograph shows their wedding in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany.
Sam and Regina Spiegel, Maryland/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #29745
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Contact Us
Ellen Blalock
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
E-mail: eblalock@ushmm.org
Tel.: (202) 488-0414
Rachel Wagner
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
E-mail: rwagner@ushmm.org
Tel.: (202) 479-9732
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If you are interested in arranging a speaking engagement with a survivor either at the Museum or in your community, please refer to Guidelines for Arranging a Survivor Presentation.
In Memoriam: Flora Singer
We note with sadness the death of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivor Volunteer Flora Singer, who passed away February 25, 2009. Flora was an active member of the Museum's Speakers Bureau, a dedicated weekly volunteer at the Donor/Membership Desk in the Museum's Hall of Witness, and a published author in four volumes of the Museum’s “Echoes of Memory” publication.
Flora's Biography »
Flora's Memory Project »
TIBOR RUBIN
Holocaust Survivor and Korean War POW
Tibor Rubin, a Survivor from Mauthausen concentration camp, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous service during the Korean War at a White House ceremony on September 23, 2005. Mr. Rubin, a former Army Corporal, is the first Jewish Korean War veteran and the first Holocaust Survivor to be awarded this honor.
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What We Do
- Represent and work with over 60 survivor volunteers at the Museum.
- Support Public Programs at the Museum, such as First Person.
- Organize conferences and programs outside the Museum. (Our representatives travel throughout the United States and all over Europe).
- Coordinate The Memory Project which is a Writers Workshop for Survivor Volunteers which meet once a month.
- Form links with other Survivor and Second Generation organizations worldwide.
The Museum is
SEEKING SURVIVORS
who resided in France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany in 1946.
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