HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR KEEPS MEMORIES ALIVE

Angela Orosz was born in the Auschwitz concentration camp in December 1944, and--thanks in large part to the fact that in the first weeks of her life she was too tiny and weak to cry—both she and her mother Vera Bein (shown with her daughter in the photo) were still alive when the Red Army liberated the camp in January 1945.

 

As Angela explained to the participants in this week’s virtual gathering, for many years her mother seldom spoke of her horrific experiences in the camp, or of the years of anti-Semitic rule leading up to deportation. But when her granddaughter started asking her questions about it, Vera shared her story with her. Today, Angela is committed to making sure her voice will continue to be heard, and speaking for those children who did not survive.

 

While so painful to deliver and so difficult to hear, her message of the power of the human spirit to endure will continue to resonate.