Lest we forget
Subtitle: in the shadow of our past
Contributors: Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles
Publisher: Holocaust Remembrance Committee; Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780964312708
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Personal narratives; Holocaust survivors
Other titles: In the shadow of our past
Description: Presents first-person accounts, based on interviews conducted by Eliezer Gross, of the experiences of 12 Holocaust survivors from the Los Angeles area: Ernest Braunstein (Hungary), Ralph Codikow (b. 1930, Kovno), Renee Firestone (born Rozsi Silber in Ungvar, Hungary), Jona Goldrich (born Goldreich, Turka, Poland), Zelda Grodzenski Gordon (b. 1925, Grodno), Fred Kort (b. 1923, Leipzig), Arnold Lorber (b. 1930, Kosice), Paul Mandel (b. 1927, Lodz), Leopold (Pfefferberg) Page (b. 1913, Krakow), Alfred Pasternak (b. 1931, Tallya, Hungary), Maurice Pechman (b. in Jaworow, Poland), and Andrew Stevens (Stella) (b. in Budapest). Pp. 109-124 contain the story of Page, who first told Thomas Keneally (the author of "Schindler's Ark") about Oskar Schindler, and describe the development of Page's relationship with Schindler.
Table of contents: title: I'm not a hero, merely a survivor! / Ernest Braunstein; title: A child in and of the Holocaust / Ralph Codikow; title: Courage personified / Renee Firestone; title: Mazel & persistence / Jona Goldrich; title: Assured by mother she would survive, and she did / Zelda Grodsenski Gordon; title: Surviving the "mine field" / Fred Kort; title: Never give up! / Arnold Lorber; title: A hero saved by his mother's wisdom and love / Paul Mandel; title: Mila, Leopold, and Schindler / Leopold (Pfefferberg) Page; title: Saga of the Pasternak Family / Alfred Pasternak; title: "We must never, never forget" / Maurice Pechman; title: The messenger of life / Andrew Stevens.