Survivors and descendants of the Holocaust and Liberators’ Testimonies
Preserving memory
This page is dedicated to the first-hand accounts of individuals who lived through the Holocaust. Here, survivors’ voices, memories, and reflections are preserved and shared to honor their experiences and ensure history is never forgotten. Through personal stories, testimonies, and archival material, we invite you to listen, learn, and connect with the human realities behind the events of the Holocaust.
The State of Florida is one of 28 states that mandates K-12 Holocaust Education in their schools. (https://echoesandreflections.org/interactive-map/) To help support Holocaust Educators, the state provides updated standards which took effect in the 2023-2024 school year as found at https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/18736/urlt/HolocaustEducation.pdf
In addition, resources from the State of Florida Commissioner’s Education’s Task Force on Holocaust Education can be found at: https://www.fldoe.org/holocausteducation/holo-ed-week.stml
Anna Golub
Date of Birth: June 2, 1952
Place of Birth: Belarus
Second Generation
Arthur Sheridan ע״ה
Date of Birth: 1928
Place of Birth: Chicago, IL
Liberator
Barbara Cohen
Date of Birth: September 10, 1941
Place of Birth: Poland
Survivor
Erma Grace ע״ה
Date of Birth: June 27, 1930
Place of Birth: Dortmund, Germany
Survivor
Felicia Liban
Date of Birth: 1934
Place of Birth: Poland
Survivor
George Erdstein
Date of Birth: 1938
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
Survivor
Ginette Hersh
Date of Birth: 1927
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Survivor
Helga Melmed
Date of Birth: December 28, 1927
Place of Birth: Germany
Survivor
Leonard Rifkin
Date of Birth: 1939
Place of Birth: Belarus
Second Generation
Lara Tobias
Date of Birth: 1929
Place of Birth: Schriesheimer, Germany
Survivor
Marcel Enfield
Date of Birth: 1939
Place of Birth: Antwerp, Belgium
Survivor
Margarita Gorinshteyn
Date of Birth: 1940
Place of Birth: Ukraine
Second Generation
Paul Galan Pt. 1
Date of Birth: 1935
Place of Birth: Czechoslovakia
Survivor
Paul Galan Pt. 2
Date of Birth: 1935
Place of Birth: Czechoslovakia
Survivor
Pieter Kohnstam ע״ה
Date of Birth: 1936
Place of Birth: Amsterdam
Survivor
Rifka Glatz
Date of Birth: 1937
Place of Birth: Hungary
Survivor
Rudolff & Nelya Fuks
Date of Birth: 1935
Place of Birth: Kharkov, Ukraine
Survivors
Steve Koening
Date of Birth: 1950
Place of Birth: Chicago, IL
Second Generation
William Freund
Date of Birth: September 4, 1926
Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Germany
Survivor
