In this video Hawa, a 14-year-old Ebola survivor from Sierra Leone, recounts her experience of catching Ebola and surviving it. Of first coming down with the disease, she says: “At first I felt a pain in my chest. It was my heart, it was beating so fast. It was so … Continue reading
This Holocaust survivor gives her account of being in hiding from the Nazis. She talks about living in a barrel underground for a year and a half. While in hiding, she recalls wishing she was Christian instead of Jewish. After finding refuge on a boat called the Exodus, she remembers … Continue reading
Holocaust survivor Noemi Shadmi gives her emotional account of what it was like after her mother, father, and older brother were taken from their house to labor camps. Shadmi explains that she knew she had one job; to keep her younger brother safe. Her account tells the story of how … Continue reading
Zanne Farbstein, a holocaust survivor, gives her powerful account of what it was like to be in Auschwitz for three years with her sisters. She explains the suffering they went through and the sad fact that everyone there was constantly waiting for death. Farbstein says that she has “shear joy” … Continue reading
