The Holocaust: One Family's Survival Story
2021-03-13T16:44:57-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjMzXC8yMDIxMDMxMzE2NDkxMDAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National World War II Museum hosted an online event with survivor Steven Hess. Hess and his sister Marion are one of the few sets of twins to live to tell about the Nazi concentration camps, and may be the last still living. Mr. Hess used maps and photographs to describe his childhood in early 1940s Amsterdam, and to tell his family’s story of survival, despite being deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The World War II museum provided this video.
In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National World War II Museum hosted an online event with survivor Steven Hess.… read more
In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National World War II Museum hosted an online event with survivor Steven Hess. Hess and his sister Marion are one of the few sets of twins to live to tell about the Nazi concentration camps, and may be the last still living. Mr. Hess used maps and photographs to describe his childhood in early 1940s Amsterdam, and to tell his family’s story of survival, despite being deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The World War II museum provided this video. close
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