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Sarah Popowski: Forging Documents

Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt obtained forged documents to enable them to hide in Warsaw, Poland under assumed identities to escape the Holocaust.

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Sarah Popowski: There Were People That Were Willing to Help

Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt were helped by some Catholic nuns and the owner of a glass factory.

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Marcel Kohler: "They Did Hide Jewish People"

Marcel Kohler describes his parents efforts to hide Jewish individuals from the Nazis while under occupation.

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Alan Hall: "All bullet holes"

Alan Hall describes the fate of French resistance fighters at the hands of the Nazis (ADULT CONTENT WARNING).

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Sheva Vapne: "I am Jewish also."

Sheva Vapne describes the man who helped her family find transportation to Uzbekistan during World War II.

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David Jacobi: Hiding in Plain Sight

David Jacobi describes how his father's family survived the Holocaust in Berlin durig World War II.

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Gitte Toben: "New passport, new ID, new name"

Gitte Toben describes the process of "going underground" in the Danish resistance during World War II.

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Gitte Toben: "Feathers flying everywhere!"

Gitte Toben tells the story of the Nazis searching her grandparents' home during World War II.

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Gitte Toben: Kim Malthe-Bruun

Gitte Toben describes her father's friendship with Danish resistance fighter, Kim Malthe-Bruun.

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Gitte Toben: Postwar Shortages

Gitte Toben describes some of the shortages faced by people in Denmark after World War II.

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Gitte Toben: "My dad never talked about it."

Gitte Toben discusses her father's refusal to talk about his participation in the Danish resistance during World War II.

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Gitte Toben: Fake Punishment

Gitte Toben describes how her grandparents supported their resistance fighter son.

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Gitte Toben: Joining the Resistance

Gitte Toben describes how her father got involved in the Danish Resistance.

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Gitte Toben: Executions

Gitte Toben discusses the harsh treatment reserved for members of the Danish resistance who provided information to the Nazis during World War II.

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Gitte Toben: Father Goes Underground

Gitte Toben describes her father's reasons for "going underground" during World War II.

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Gitte Toben: Father's Practical Jokes

Gitte Toben describes her father's habit of playing practical jokes as a teenager in the years before the Second World War.

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