תקציר מתוך הסרט התיעודי "קח את הילד"- סיפורו של הרב ישראל מאיר לאו ישראל מאיר לאו (לולק) נולד בשנת 1937 בפיוטרקוב טריבונלסקי שבפולין. ב-14 באוקטובר 1942 ביצעו הגרמנים אקציה בגטו פיוטרקוב טריבונלסקי. הוא שרד את האקציה יחד עם אימו ואחיו. בנובמבר 1944, במהלך סלקציה, הצליחה אמו של ישראל להצמיד אותו לאחיו הגדול נפתלי והשניים נשלחו למחנה עבודת כפייה בצ'נסטוכובה. בינואר 1945, עם התקרבות צבאותיהם של בעלות הברית, הוצאו השניים מהמחנה. לאחר מכן, ישראל ונפתלי הגיעו למחנה הריכוז בוכנוולד. במחנה בוכנוואלד, עקב שערו ופניו הבהירים של ישראל, יכלו אסירים אחרים לסמן את בגדי האסיר שלו באות P, לציון לאום פולני, וכך שופרו תנאיו. ב-11 באפריל 1945 שוחרר המחנה על ידי כוחות אמריקאים. הפקה: המרכז הבין-לאומי לחינוך והוראת השואה, יד ושם בימוי ועריכה: צבי נבו צילום: צבי נבו, יונתן מנס, תומאש סקיביצקי ניהול ועריכת תוכן: נאוה וייס, אסף טל, לירז לחמנוביץ, הרב בנימין אברהמס, ד"ר יעל ריצ'לר-פרידמן ניהול הפקה: סטודיו Nevo 99 ספריית מוסיקה: ARTLIST לצפייה בסרט המלא: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2l0JxuMW9o&t=1570s

אביגדור נוימן נולד בוילקה סבלוש, צ'כוסלובקיה (ביידיש סעליש כיום וינוהרדיב, אוקראינה) ב-1931 למשפחה חסידית. ב-1939 סופחה העיר להונגריה ושמה שונה לנוג'סולוס. ב-1944 נכלאו יהודי העיר בגטו וגורשו לאושוויץ-בירקנאו. משם הועבר אביגדור למחנה אלטהאמר ובהמשך נשלח בצעדות המוות למאוטהאוזן. לאחר השחרור אביגדור ואחותו עלו לארץ ישראל. אביגדור נישא לרבקה ולהם ילדים, נכדים ונינים.

סיפורו של סיפורו של נפתלי פקטר, יליד אמסטרדם, הולנד, שהוסתר ושרד את השואה בזהות בדויה.

סיפורה של שרה ויינשטיין, ילידת סטפן, פולין (כיום אוקראינה), ששרדה עם בני משפחתה בקבוצת פרטיזנים ביער.

Jakub Weksler was born in the Švenčionys Ghetto in 1943. When he was two months old, his mother Batia asked a Polish acquaintance, Emilia Waszkinel, to take the baby and save his life. Emilia and her husband Piotr took little Jakub, and named him Romuald. Weksler was raised Catholic, unaware of his family history, and went on to become a priest. Decades later, Weksler learned of his Jewish roots, beginning his journey back to Judaism.

סיפורה של שורדת השואה, הילדה שמחה (גרינבאום). הילדה נולדה בברלין, גרמניה. נשלחה בהמשך למחנה אושוויץ-בירקנאו, שם היתה חברה בתזמורת הנשים. לאחר מכן הועברה למחנה ברגן בלזן, שם שוחררה.

Actress and Israel Prize winner Lea Koenig-Stolper was born in Poland in 1929. Her parents, Yosef Kamien and Dina Koenig, were well-known actors of the Yiddish stage in the interwar period. When the war broke out Lea was living with her mother in Chernivtsi (today Ukraine) which was occupied by the Soviets. They later moved to Chișinău (Rus. Kishinev), Moldova, where her mother was an actress with the Kishinev State Yiddish Theater. After the German invasion of the USSR in the summer of 1941, the two fled, together with the other theater members, to the Soviet hinterland, to the area of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. During their escape Lea experienced the horrors of the war and the incessant and destructive bombings of the German army. Lea's father, who had been in a different area of Soviet Ukraine when the war broke out, had also fled to the Soviet interior, but died in 1942. Her mother married Yitzhak Havis, an actor himself, and the two continued to appear on the theater stage throughout the war. After the war had ended, they settled in Bucharest, Romania, where they joined the city's Jewish theater. Lea also performed with this theater from an early age and attended Bucharest's National University of Arts. In 1961, she immigrated to Israel with her husband, Zvi Stolper, an actor and director, and a Holocaust survivor from Transnistria. After studying Hebrew, Lea joined the Habima National Theatre of Israel and was soon cast in starring roles. Over the years she also appeared on the screen in both television and cinema. Lea received many prizes and accolades, including the Israel Prize and the Israeli Theater Prize. She resides in Givatayim and continues to appear on stage.

Shlomo Perel was born to in Germany in 1925 to a Jewish family. In 1936, his family moved to Lodz, Poland. Following the outbreak of World War II, Shlomo and his brother fled eastwards to the territories of the Soviet Union. Shlomo was taken into a children's home in Grodno, escaping following the German invasion in 1941. He was captured, and then assumed an identity as an ethnic German. Shlomo was drafted to the German military as a translator, and later sent to a Hitler Youth camp in Germany. After liberation, he reunited with his brother who had survived Dachau, immigrated to Israel, and took part in Israel's War of Independence. Shlomo married Dora and they have children and grandchildren.

Gita (Giselle) Cycowicz (née Friedman) was born in 1927 in Chust, Czechoslovakia (today Khust, Ukraine), to Wolf and Hannah Friedman. The family was observant and Zionist. Her father was a businessman and her mother a homemaker who also assisted her father in his work. She was the youngest of three daughters. After the Hungarian army occupied Khust in March, 1939, the family, together with the rest of the town's Jews, were subjected to anti-Jewish measures and actions. Following the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944, the Jews of Khust, including Gita, her sister Alti (Helen) and their parents, were rounded up and incarcerated in the ghetto established in the town. Around five weeks later, they were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. After five months of internment in the camp, she and her sister were sent to forced labor in two subcamps of Gross-Rosen. They were liberated on May 8, 1945. Gita and Alti returned to Khust where they were reunited with their mother and sister Etu (Edith), who had also survived Auschwitz. In 1948 they immigrated to the United States where Gita married Itzchak Cycowitz. She began her college education in her early forties and became a psychologist. She moved to Israel in the early 1990s, and worked at the non-profit organization Amcha, providing both individual and group psychological therapy to Holocaust survivors for over 25 years. Today she lives in Jerusalem and has three children, 21 grandchildren and a growing number of great-grandchildren.

צבי אבירם- אברהמזון נולד בשנת 1927 בברלין לאביו ארתור ולאמו מרגריטה. עם עליית הנאצים לשלטון הושפעה המשפחה מהגזרות וההגבלות ואביו איבד את פרנסתו. צבי גורש מבית הספר הממלכתי ומאז ואילך למד בבית הספר היהודי. אחותו של צבי נשלחה בקינדר-טרנספורט לאנגליה ומשם לאוסטרליה. החל ממרץ 1941 אולצו יהודי ברלין לעבוד בעבודות כפייה שונות וצבי נאלץ לעבוד בבית חרושת לנשק. ב27 בפברואר 1943 הוריו נעצרו וגורשו לאושוויץ, שם נספו. צבי נותר בגפו בברלין וחי במחתרת. הוא הצטרף לשתי קבוצות מחתרת – מחתרת של תנועת 'החוג החלוצי' ומחתרת הקומוניסטית עבורה היה מחלק עלוני תעמולה כנגד המשטר הנאצי ברחובות ברלין. בתשעה במאי שוחררה ברלין על ידי הרוסים. לאחר המלחמה עבד צבי בסוכנות היהודית והיה פעיל בסיוע לעולים במסגרת 'הבריחה'. עלה לארץ ישראל בשנת 1948. נישא לאסתר ולהם שלושה ילדים. https://www.yadvashem.org/he/education/testimony-films.html

סעדיה בהט נולד בשנת 1928 באליטוס שבליטא. לאחר פרוץ מלחמת העולם השנייה עברה משפחתו של סעדיה לווילנה. עם פלישת הגרמנים לליטא ביוני 1941 הופצצה העיר. בספטמבר אותה שנה הוכנסה המשפחה לגטו וילנה. באחת האקציות בגטו נרצח אביו של סעדיה. אמו הצליחה להציל אותו ואת אחותו. בהמשך סעדיה החל לעבוד בבית המלאכה של הגטו ולמד גם נגרות, מסגרות ונפחות. בשלהי 1943 נלקח סעדיה למחנות עבודה באסטוניה בהם עבד בעבודות כפייה. עם פינוי המחנות באסטוניה הועבר סעדיה למחנה הריכוז שטוטהוף ובהמשך למחנה בגודנטוב. במרץ 1945 שוחרר המחנה על־ידי הצבא האדום. ב־1946 עלה סעדיה לארץ ישראל, התגייס להגנה ולפלמ"ח. בהמשך הוא למד הנדסת מכונות ושימש כאיש מחקר ופיתוח וכמהנדס בכיר במערכת הביטחון. במקביל לעבודתו המשיך סעדיה ביצירתו האמנותית, אותה החל עוד בתקופת השואה. עשרות תערוכות יחיד מעבודותיו הוצגו בארץ ובחו"ל, ופסליו מוצגים ברחבי הארץ והעולם. סעדיה נשא לאישה את יהודית (דיתי) ולהם שלושה ילדים, נכדים ונינים. https://www.yadvashem.org/he/education/testimony-films.html

גניה רזניק נולדה בוורשה שבפולין בשנת 1934. עם הקמת הגטו בעיר נכלאו בו גניה ומשפחתה. כשהחל "הגירוש הגדול" מגטו ורשה, החלה גניה להתלוות להוריה לעבודתם בבית החרושת בגטו, כדי לשמור עליה מפני האקציות. בפברואר 1942 הצליחו גניה, הוריה ואחיה לברוח מהגטו ולהסתתר. בעקבות הלשנה על מקום מחבואם, נאלצו בני המשפחה לעבור למחבוא חדש בבית קברות. גניה והוריה הסתתרו עד לגירושם מהעיר יחד עם יתר תושבי ורשה בעקבות המרד הפולני בעיר. גניה והוריה נשלחו לכפר, שם שהו בזהות בדויה עד לסיום המלחמה. גניה עלתה לארץ ישראל באפריל 1946. לאחר עלייתה נשלחה גניה לבית יתומים של בנות יעקב בירושלים, ובהמשך הועברה לקרובי משפחה בקיבוץ יגור. בשנת 1954 התגייסה גניה לצה"ל. בהמשך הכירה את יוסי ונישאה לו בשנת 1963. לזוג נכדים ונינים. https://www.yadvashem.org/he/education/testimony-films.html

שמואל (שמוליק) שילה נולד בלוצק שבפולין למשפחה ציונית. באוגוסט 1942, ימי מלחמת העולם השנייה, נמלט מעירו, לאחר שרבים מתושביה נרצחו, והסתתר חודשים אחדים בביתה של משפחה פולנית. עם שובו לעיר הולדתו חבר אל אחיו, והשניים נלקחו למחנה עבודה נאצי. בדצמבר עמד המחנה בפני חיסול, ובמרד שארגנו יושביו נהרג אחיו. שמואל חמק אל היערות והסתתר בקרב הפרטיזנים. בשנת 1944 הצליח לאתר את אחותו, אחרי שהאזור שוחרר בידי הצבא האדום, והשתתף בהכשרה ציונית בעיירה האיטלקית סלבינו. בשנת 1946 עלה לארץ ישראל באניית המעפילים "כתריאל יפה", והצטרף אל הגרעין המייסד של קבוצת משמר השרון. במלחמת העצמאות היה חבר הפלמ"ח ובתום המלחמה נמנה עם מייסדי קיבוץ צאלים. במרוצת השנים היה חבר בתאטרון הבימה ומראשוני תאטרון הקיבוץ ותאטרון באר-שבע. בשנת 1983 ייסד את תאטרון הנגב והיה מנכ"ל התאטרון והמנהל האמנותי שלו. כמו כן, השתתף בהצגות, בסרטים ובתכניות טלוויזיה ובהם: רומיאו ויוליה, טוביה החולב, נועה בת 17, ילדי סטלין, רחוב סומסום וחטופים. 2012 | 56 דקות. הסרט הופק ביוזמת המרכז האוניברסיטאי למולטימדיה באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים ובתמיכתה של החברה להשבת רכוש נספי השואה בע"מ

מיכאל (מיקי) גולדמן- גלעד נולד בשנת 1925 בקטוביץ שבמערב פולין להוריו נפתלי וארנה (אסתר). למיכאל היו שני אחים - יעקב וגולדה'לה. עם פרוץ מלחמת העולם השנייה ברח מיכאל עם חלק ממשפחתו לעיר פשמישל, ובנובמבר 1939 התאחדה שוב המשפחה בניז'נקוביצה . בקיץ 1942 הוקם גטו בפשמישל ומיכאל נכלא בו. ביום הולדתו, 26 ביולי, במהלך אקציה בגטו, נפרד מיכאל מהוריו ומאחותו הקטנה. בספטמבר 1943 הובל מיכאל למחנה הריכוז שבניה ומשם, בנובמבר 1943, לאושוויץ-בירקנאו. לאחר כחודש וחצי הועבר מיכאל למחנה בּונה-מונוביץ (אושוויץ III) שם עבד במפעלי אי גה פארבן. עם פינוי אושוויץ בינואר 1945 הוצא מיכאל בצעדת המוות אשר במהלכה ברח והוסתר. על ידי משפחת זימון הפולנית בויילופולה ב-26 בינואר שוחרר מיכאל על ידי הצבא האדום. בינואר 1949 עלה ארצה, התגייס למשטרה והיה אחד מקציני המשטרה שניהלו את חקירתו של אדולף אייכמן. מיכאל נשוי לאוה ולו חמישה ילדים. הוא מרצה על נושא השואה ומצטרף למשלחות משטרת ישראל וצה"ל לפולין.

ינינה (הלינה) אקר נולדה בקרקוב בשנת 1932 לדוד ושרה ליימן. לינינה היו שני אחים גדולים, רישארד ואולק. עם פרוץ מלחמת העולם השנייה ופלישת גרמניה וברית המועצות לפולין, ברחו דוד ורישארד ללבוב ושם נאסרו על-ידי הסובייטיים ונשלחו לסיביר. ינינה בת השבע נשארה בקרקוב הכבושה עם אימה ועם אחיה אולק, בה נאלצו להתמודד עם המדיניות האנטי-יהודית של השלטון הנאצי. לאחר שגורשו מהעיר, הם נשלחו לכפר גדוב, ומשם רוכזו יחד עם יהודים אחרים מהמחוז בווייליצ'קה. במהלך האקציה בווייליצ'קה הצליחה אימה לשלוח מברק בהול למכרים פולניים בקרקוב, בני הזוג יוזפה וטאדיאוש לאטביץ שהגיעו למקום ריכוז היהודים. היא ביקשה מהם שיצילו את ביתה, והם לקחו אותה תחת חסותם. לאחר מספר חודשים ובעקבות חשש מהלשנות, העבירו בני הזוג את ינינה למנזר בכפר סטניונטקי, שם נשארה עד סוף המלחמה. עם סיום המלחמה שבה ינינה לגור עם בני הזוג לאטביץ. לבסוף חזרו גם אימה, שניצלה, אביה ורישארד. בשנת 1949 הם הגיעו לישראל. ינינה נישאה ועבדה במשך שנים רבות בתפקיד בכיר באל על. יש לה שלוש בנות, נכדים ונינים. היא מתגוררת בגבעתיים.

סרט זה מתאר את סיפור יהדות מרכז אירופה בתקופת השואה מנקודת מבט של שתי אחיות, פאני רוזלאר ובטי מאיר לבית אישנהויזר, ילידות פרנקפורט אם מיין שבגרמניה. בעקבות עליית הנאצים לשלטון בשנת 1933 עזבה משפחתן את גרמניה, והתיישבה באמסטרדם שבהולנד. פאני, ילידת 1919, נישאה למרק רוזלאר ימים ספורים לאחר כיבוש הולנד בידי גרמניה. בשנת 1942 ילדה פאני את בנם אורי, שהועבר למסתור, והיא ובעלה התחבאו במקום אחר עד לסיום המלחמה. עם תום המלחמה נולדו לפאני ולמרק שני ילדים נוספים, ובשנת 1952 עלתה המשפחה לישראל. בארץ עבדה פאני כמורת דרך במשך שנים רבות. בטי, ילידת 1923, שלמדה סיעוד באמסטרדם, נותרה לדאוג לאמה, שלא הייתה מסוגלת להתרגל לחיים במחבוא. השתיים נשלחו לוסטרבורק, ומאוחר יותר לברגן בלזן, שם עבדה בטי כאחות ובכך הצילה את אמה. לקראת סיום המלחמה נשלחו השתיים במסגרת חילופי שבויים לשוויץ. עם תום המלחמה הגיעו השתיים למרסיי, וממנה לאלגי'ר. בטי עלתה לארץ ישראל, השלימה את לימודיה לתואר אחות מוסמכת, נישאה וילדה בת.

Nathan Diament was born in 1938 in Brussels, Belgium. His parents immigrated from Poland. In 1942, with the deterioration of the situation of the Jews in Belgium and the beginning of the deportations, his parents turned to the Belgian underground in order to get help in finding hiding places for the family members. A hiding place was found for Nathan with the Ghent-based Brunin family, who took care of him with love and devotion. At the end of the war, he was reunited with the rest of his family who were also saved. Nathan immigrated to Israel in 1949. Over the years he kept in touch with his rescuers who were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.

Meir Brand was born in 1936 in Bochnia, Poland to a religious Jewish family. In 1941, he was deported along with his family to the Bochnia Ghetto. In August 1943, his parents sensed the ghetto was soon to be liquidated, and they decided to plan Meir's escape in order to leave a remnant of the family. They paid a Pole to take Meir and cousins Miriam and Itek on a three week journey by foot to the Slovak border. Meir managed to reach Budapest on his own by train, there joining refugee and orphan groups. In April 1944, he was located by Berta Davidovich, members of the Zionist Movement's undeground who had assumed a Christian identity, as Ilona Bogota. In June, Berta and Meir left Budapest on the "Kasztner train," reaching Bergen-Belsen, where they were liberated. Meir immigrated to Israel with the "Youth Aliyah" organization and was settled in the Neve Eitan kibbutz. In 1954 he enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Paratroopers Brigade's 890th Battalion. He took part in Israel's "Reprisal Operations", and fought in all of Israel's wars. Meir is married to Hannah, and they have three children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

"Aviva Blum-Wachs was born in Warsaw in 1932 to Abrasza and Luba Blum. Abrasza was a leader in the Bund and Luba was the deputy director of a nursing school. When the ghetto was established in the city, the Blum family was imprisoned there. Aviva's mother managed to save her children and other Jews during two deportations in the summer of 1942 and January 1943. Following the latter, Abrasza and Luba decided to smuggle their children to the Aryan side. Aviva was taken to Aurelia Borkowska, who was later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. However, after Aviva's hiding place was disclosed, she was moved from place to place for several months. Her brother Olek remained with relatives of Borkowska until the end of the war. Aviva and her mother later fled to a hiding place in southern Poland. After the liberation in January 1945, they reunited with Olek in Warsaw. The three moved to the children's home in Otwock, where Luba served as manager. Aviva left the children's home in 1948 and attended a school in Warsaw. In 1950 she immigrated to Israel. Aviva is an artist. Her works have been exhibited in Israel and around the world and have garnered awards. Aviva has a daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. "

David Cassuto was born in Florence, Italy in 1937, to Hannah and Nathan. During the Second World War, his father served as a doctor and as chief rabbi of the Florence Jewish community. In 1943, as deportations of Italian Jewry to the extermination camps began, his family scattered in different hiding places. His father was an underground member, and helped rescue Jews until he was caught and arrested. In trying to release his father, his mother was also caught and imprisoned. The two were interrogated and then sent to Auschwitz. During this period, David and his siblings, under assumed identities, were hidden in various locations unaware of the fate of their parents. David, his brother and sister survived the war, and after the liberation of Italy, immigrated to pre-state Israel, where they were received in Jerusalem by their grandparents, Prof. Moshe Cassuto and his wife Simcha who raised them. David would go on to become an architect and a lecturer in architecture. https://www.yadvashem.org/education/testimony-films.html

Sara (Lili) Leicht was born in 1929 in Oradea in north-western Romania, and lived in nearby Tileagd with her father Ignace (Yom-Tov) and mother Ferenzi Hermina. Her father – a religious teacher and scholar, and a merchant – had six children from his previous wife, who had passed away prematurely. One of his children, Adolf (Erped) fought in the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Her mother Hermina, worked farming ducks and geese and selling their products – liver and meat – to the wealthier Jews of Oradea, who observed strict dietary laws ("Glatt Kosher"). Sara went to a general public school, and studied religious studies three times a week with the village Rabbi. In April 1944, a few weeks after the German occupation, Sara's family was deported to the Oradea ghetto and from there to Auschwitz. In May 1944 upon arrival at the camp, Sara was separated from her family, who were sent to be murdered. After being rescued from the gas chambers, she was sent to Fallersleben, where she worked at a weapons factory. With the advance of the Red Army, Sara was transferred to a labor camp in the city of Salzwedel, where she was liberated by the American army. Sara returned to Tileagd and in May 1946, immigrated to pre-state Israel on the illegal immigrant ship, "Max Nordau". With the outbreak of Israel's War of Independence, Sara joined the "Palmach" unit of the then-underground army, fighting with the 6th battalion of the Harel Brigade in Jerusalem. In May 1949 she married Alexander Leicht, and the couple went on to have two children. Sara studied at the WIZO school of nursing and worked as a certified nurse in the pediatric surgery ward and the maternity ward at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Film length: 27 minutes https://www.yadvashem.org/education/testimony-films.html

Yitzhak (Izzi) Kabilio was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1928. His father founded and managed a textile factory in the city. Izzy was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In 1941 the Germans invaded Yugoslavia, dividing its territory. Sarajevo was annexed to the Independent State of Croatia, which was in effect a German satellite state run by the murderous nationalist movement, the Ustaše. Izzy's father's company was confiscated by the authorities, he received assistance from Josip Eberhardt, who had worked in the factory before the war. Eberhardt continued assisting Izzy's family, warning them of impending deportations to camps in the east. Izzy's grandparents were arrested and deported. Eberhardt transferred Izzy and his family to Eberhardt's home, and later assisted them in their escape to Italian-controlled territory. In 1942, the family was transferred by the Italian authorities to a concentration camp on the island of Rab, Croatia (then under Italian control). After the Italian abandonment of the camp following the overthrow of Mussolini, Izzy and his family managed to escape to areas under control of the Josip Tito-led Yugoslav partisans, and joined them. After the liberation of Yugoslavia, Izzy immigrated to Israel and enlisted in the army. He later studied architecture, becoming an independent architect. Izzy married Odeda, and they have two girls, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. https://www.yadvashem.org/education/testimony-films.html

Bat-Sheva Dagan was born in Lodz, Poland in 1925. Her father Szlomo-Fiszel owned a weaving workshop, and her mother Fajga was a seamstress. Bat-Sheva had five brothers and three sisters. When the war broke out, she and her father managed to reach Radom. Later, her father bribed a German soldier who smuggled her mother and two sisters into the city. The family members were transferred to the large ghetto established in Radom. In August 1942, Bat-Sheva and her younger sister Sabina were separated from their parents and older sister Genia, who were all sent to Treblinka. The sisters were transferred to the small ghetto and later decided to flee to Germany. Sabina was killed during the escape attempt. Bat-Sheva arrived in the German city of Schwerin under an assumed identity. There she worked in a household of the family of a Nazi district judge until she was caught. She was imprisoned in six prisons and in May 1943 was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she worked in different forced labor units. In January 1945 she was sent on a death march to the Ravensbrück and Malchow camps and was liberated in May 1945 by the Allies. Bat-Sheva immigrated to Israel in 1945, She married Perez Dagan and they had two sons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Due to her extensive experience as an educator, Bat-Sheva developed curricula for teaching the Holocaust to young people and wrote children's books about the Holocaust, as well as a book of poetry for youth and young-adults about her experiences.

Naftali (Juraj) Fürst was born in 1932 in Bratislava, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia) to Margit and Artur. He had one older brother, Shmuel (Peter). After the Slovak State was declared and anti-Jewish measures were implemented, the family went into hiding but were caught. In 1942 they were interned in the Sered concentration camp. In 1944, they managed to escape to Piešťany. By then the Germans had entered and occupied Slovakia. The family members were caught once again and were reinterned in Sered, which came under German command. In November 1944 the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where the children were separated from their parents. They were sent to the Budy subcamp and survived a "death march" to Buchenwald. It was there that they were liberated. After the war they were reunited with their parents who had survived as well. They eventually emigrated to Israel. Naftali worked as a photographer, driving instructor and manager before he retired. Today he lives in Haifa, is the father of artist Ronit Fürst and has four grandchildren.

Yona Amit was born in 1938, in Fiume, Northern Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia), to a modern orthodox Jewish family. Following the German conquest of Northern italy, Yona's family left Fiume, reaching the town of Bagnacavallo, where they went into hiding with the Tambini family. Residents of the town hid other Jews as well. When suspicion arose that their hiding place had been revealed, the Tambini family moved Yona and her family member into hiding with the Dalla Valle family. Later Yona, her brother, sister, and cousin were moved to a convent in the city of Lugo, under assumed identities. After about a year in the convent, the family members reunited in order to try and cross the border to neutral Switzerland, with the aid of Lidia Cattaneo, who supplied them with false papers and arranged for their travel to the border. After an arduous and dangerous journey through the Alps, Yona and her family managed to reach Switzerland. After the end of the war the family returned to Italy, immigrating to Israel in 1950. Yona is an educator and delivers testimony.

Nahum Bogner was born in 1933 in Brzezany, Eastern Galicia (today Ukraine), to Yitzhak and Sima. On July 7th, 1941, the city was conquered by the Germans. The family later moved to the village of Ciemierzynce, and in autumn 1942, they were deported to the Przemyslany ghetto. in December 1942, a widespread deportation took place in the ghetto. Nahum and his mother, along with his infant cousin, managed to jump from the deportation train and return to the ghetto. In the ghetto they reunited with Nahum's father, who had managed to survive another deportation train. Nahum's parents decided to escape the ghetto and seek hiding in the surrounding forest. They joined a group of families that had found refuge in the forest, establishing a partisans' family camp. In May 1943, Nahum's father left for Przemyslany, and never returned. In january 1944 Nahum's mother left to obtain food, was captured by Ukranian nationalists and murdered. Eleven-year-old Nahum was left with the partisan group, who adopted him. On July 22nd, 1944, they were liberated by a Red Army regiment that occupied the area. After liberation Nahum was housed in a Soviet children's home for war orphans in Lwow and was then transferred to Lena Küchler's orphanage in Zakopane. In August 1947 he reached pre-state Israel. Nahum is married to Neta, and the two have three children and eight grandchildren.

In the summer of 1944, twelve-year-old Hannah Bar Yesha was deported together with her extended family from Hungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During the selection process, most of her family members were sent to the gas chambers. Hannah was incarcerated in Birkenau as a prisoner, together with her mother and aunts. This touching film depicts Hannah's life story - from her youth in Ungvár to her immigration to Israel. This film is part of the "Witnesses and Education" project, a joint production of the International School for Holocaust Studies and the Multimedia Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In this series, survivors recount their life stores - before, during and after the Holocaust. Each title is filmed on location, where the events originally transpired..

Genia and Nahum Manor were born in Krakow, Poland. Nahum's family immigrated to Eretz Yisrael when he was a year old, however they returned to Krakow five years later. Nahum attended the Hebrew Gymnasium and was a member of the Scouts Youth Movement. Shortly after the invasion of Poland by the Germans in September 1939, he fled eastwards with his father towards the Soviet Union, however they were forced to turn back. Nahum and his family were imprisoned in the Krakow ghetto following its creation in March 1941. His parents and younger sister were deported in the summer of 1942. Nahum, his older sister and younger brother were later transported to the Płaszów concentration camp. In early 1944 he was sent to Oskar Schinler's factory where he met Genia. Genia's parents ran a grocery store. Her older brother Romek played for the "Maccabi Krakow" soccer team. In March 1941 Genia and her parents were sent to the Krakow ghetto. Her older brother, who had escaped to the Soviet interior prior to the German occupation, returned to the city in order to be with his family, and began working in Oskar Schindler's factory. Following the liquidation of the ghetto, Genia and her parents were sent to Płaszów. Thanks to her brother's efforts, Genia and her father were also able to work in the Schindler factory. They were later joined by her mother. In late 1944, with the Red Army approaching, the factory and its workers were transferred to Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. Following the liberation, Genia returned to Krakow. Nahum joined the Palyam serving as a radio operator on "Ma'apilim" ships and on arms and ammunition supply ships during the Israeli War of Independence. Genia joined Nahum in Israel in January 1950. Following their marriage they resided in Kibbutz Megiddo, where their two children were born. They later moved to Be'er Sheva where they still live today. Nahum was a technical manager at the "Manpeta" cotton factory and won the Kaplan prize for his achievements. He later worked in the Dead Sea Works. Genia is a painter, a member of the Israeli Artist Association. Discover more Holocaust survivor testimonies here http://bit.ly/2BTmEUo

Artemis Batis-Miron was born in 1928 in Ioannina, Greece, in which the largest Romaniote Jewish community lived. Her father Iosiph worked in trade, and Artemis and brother Solomon (Makis) studied at Alliance school institutions in the city. In 1943, when Artemis was fifteen years old, the Germans enter Ioannina and took over the city. In August 1943, her father and grandfather were arrested by the Nazis and taken, along with a group of men, to incarceration in Saloniki. Her father was shot and killed on the way, and her grandfather was executed by hanging together with the rest of the men. In March 25, 1944, a roundup for deportation took place in Ioannina, and some 1,870 of the Jews of the city were taken by trucks to a military garage in Larissa, were they were kept in difficult conditions until they were deported by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Artemis and her remaining family arrived at the camp on April 11. They underwent selection, and her mother Eftihia and younger brother were sent immediately to the gas chambers. Artemis remained in the camp as a prisoner, along with her relative Elda Levy. The two performed forced labor until January 1945, when they embarked on a death march to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. From there they were transported to the Malkov camp, where they worked in a munitions factory until the end of the war. They were liberated in the Ludwiglust area. From there, they embarked on a journey of several months, passing through five countries before reaching Athens. Artemis moved in with her uncle there, and enrolled at a local high school. In 1946 she and Elda boarded the illegal immigration ship Haviva Reik, destined for Mandatory Palestine. They were transferred to the Atlit detention camp, where they spent several months before moving in with a relative in Jerusalem. For many years, Artemis and Elda delivered testimony at Yad Vashem.

David (Dugo) Leitner was born in 1930 in the city of Nyíregyháza in Hungary, to an orthodox Jewish family. On March 19, 1944, the Germans entered Hungary and the day after Passover, all the Jews of the city were sent to the ghetto. After six weeks they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Upon their arrival at the camp, the family was separated. Dugo remained in Birkenau with about 4,000 other children. On January 18, 1945, he was forced to go on a death march to Mauthausen and from there to Gunskirchen. He was liberated there in May 1945. Dugo immigrated to Israel in 1949 and was immediately drafted into the IDF. He is one of the founders of Moshav Nir Galim where he lives to this day. Dugo married Sarah and they have two daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Every January 18, the date he was sent on the death march, Dugo eats falafel as a tribute to his survival. In 2016 the Testimony House in Nir Galim, initiated "Operation Dugo". As part of this, people from Israel and across the world eat falafel on January 18 and take a photograph with a sign that says "Operation Dugo - Am Yisrael Chai (The People of Israel Live)".