https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045685012/eddie-jaku-obituary-holocaust-survivor-happiest-man-on-earth

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In the article,  Eddie Jaku, Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed happiest man on Earth, dies at 101. It talks about how Eddie jaku survives the holocaust. The article claims that he escaped by being saved by american soldiers in a cave. Eddie then talks about how anger can destroy your enemies but will also destroy you in the process. Lastly the article talks about how he died right after his 100th birthday.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/21/1074549640/storycorps-holocaust-survivor-remembers

Accessed 4 Apr. 2022.

In “A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family” by Jo Corona, Philip Lazowski’s life story is shared. This article starts off by explaining the Lazowski family's backstory and their life in Bielica and how their home got invaded by the Nazis in 1942. Philip Lazowski got taken by the Germans when he was parting with his family to go and find a different hiding spot because there wasn't enough room for them. After he got taken he realized that the Nazis were sparing the families in which the parents had working papers, since he was the only one taken out of his family, he didn't have his parents with their papers. Soon he found a lady with two girls in which she had documentation of her working papers with her, he asked if he could pretend to be her son so he’d be spared. She agreed and his life was spared from the Nazis. That woman ended up being the mother of his future wife. Years later at a wedding, he met Ruth, one of the lady's daughters. As they were exchanging backstories they both made the realization that Philip was the little boy that Ruth's mother had saved years ago.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014982111/auschwitz-survivor-who-fought-racism-with-music-dies-at-96 

In the article “Auschwitz Survivor Who Fought Racism With Music Dies At 96”, respects are paid to Esther Bejarano by briefly telling her incredible life story. Bejarano was a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and after years of forced labor, she volunteered to hold a place in the Jewish girl's orchestra that played music for Jews in train cars who’d unknowingly been brought to have their lives taken. Music kept Bejarano alive both during and after her years of torment. Once the war had ended she stepped up into politics and advocation and created a band with her children to spread music fighting racism and discrimination. Esther Bejarano lived a powerful life and used music as both her source of hope and rebellion. A good soul has been lost but her story lives on.

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In “90-Year-Old Auschwitz Survivor Shares Her Story”, Ruth Cohen shares her personal story of her experiences during the Holocaust. Cohen describes how she had a nice lifestyle until Hitler started to gain control. After Hitler started to gain power her and her family were told to leave and were transported by train to Auschwitz. Cohen also describes some of the traumatic events that occurred during the time such as her favorite biology teacher being shot and her family being split up. Concluding, Cohen believes that she was very lucky to have survived and that we all want to believe that something like that won’t happen again but we don’t know so it is everyone's role to remember the Holocaust to prevent similar events from happening in the future.

In “Holocaust Survivor Returning To Auschwitz: 'It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery” the writer Emily Russell explains the story of Vladimir Munk and his experiences in the Holocaust. In the article, Russell writes about how Munk’s life was before, during, and after the Holocaust. She explains how Munk had lost his family in Auschwitz to the “chimney” and how he met his girlfriend, and future wife, there as well. The article also includes how when Munk was given the opportunity to go visit Auschwitz again, he described it as “....going to the family cemetery.”

In the article “Holocaust Survivor Returning to Auschwitz” It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery’” author Emily Russell tells the story of Vladimir Munk’s life during and after the Holocaust. The article is written right before the 75th anniversary of the liberation, and re-tells the story of Munk’s life as he prepares to revisit Auschwitz. Munk was forced to move to the concentration camp Terezin for two years before being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The author states that in this camp, Munk was separated from his mother and father, who both died in the crematorium. After the liberation, Munk was able to move on to a normal life, enrolling in school, marrying another Holocaust survivor, moving to America, and having kids. Although he has returned to a normal, happy life, he often finds himself thinking about his time in the camps, and the family he has lost along the way. 

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In “A Holocaust Survivor's Celebration Of Liberation Day Is Colored By Coronavirus,” the grandson of Sol Gringals talks about how covid has affected them celebrating his second birthday. In his article, he talks about how his grandfather had a “second birthday” and how he celebrities with him on April 11 when he was saved and liberated by American soldiers. But in 2020, he couldn't celebrate due to the covid outbreak, and where his grandfather was living didn’t let visitors inside. He then starts to reflect on old stories his grandfather used to tell reporters and how he struggles now that he is 100 years old. Still, he did tell them that his job was to dig rocks and that after his whole family was killed except his brother but his brother had news that the Americans were there to save them from Nordhausen. After all, he still questions why his family can’t visit and wants to come home.

Accessed 4 Apr. 2022

In “A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family”  the author, Emma Bowman, describes the events that lead a Holocaust survivor to marry the daughter of the family that saved him. Her article explains how Philip Lazowski and his family went into hiding when they discovered that the Nazis were killing Jews and how Philip got caught by the Nazis. It then goes on to state how Philip was saved by a family who took him in as a son to escape the massacre that the author claimed killed 1,000 Jews. It then includes how Philip ended up finding the daughter of that family through a woman he befriended at a wedding. At the end of the article, it explains how Philip ended up marrying the girl and having children together

Accessed 4 Apr, 2020.
 

In “Holocaust Survivor Returning To Auschwitz: 'It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery” The author Emily Russell, talks about Vladimir Munk, Holocaust surviver, life and experience through the Holocaust with his family. The author states that Munk and his family were sent to concentration camps and his family didn’t make it out. She talks about how he feels that the camps are like a family grave because of what happened to his family there. He tried to move on with his life after what happened and he’s managed to move on but the memories of what happened to him still are unforgettable to him. According to Russell, it’s hard for him to go back to the camps where he lost his family.