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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother made the decision to leave her village and go to a labor camp as a volunteer rather than be rounded up by the Nazis.

Sarah Popowski describes how her mother got onto a transport to a labor camp in order to avoid deportation from her village by the Nazis.

Herbert Kohn describes his father's arrest during Kristallnacht or the "Night of Broken Glass."

Herbert Kohn describes how his childhood changed after being expelled from public school.

Rochelle Lawrence describes her family's journey by ship from Palestine to the United States, where family members welcomed them in New York City.

Rochelle Lawrence describes life in Tel Aviv, where her family lived upon moving to Palestine in 1936.

Rochelle Lawrence describes her early life in Janów Podlaski, a small town in eastern Poland.

Rochelle Lawrence describes her family's journey by horse and wagon, train, and ship, to Palestine in 1936.

Rochelle Lawrence describes food shortages and bombings in Tel Aviv during the Arab revolt against British rule starting in 1936.

Rochelle Lawrence describes the items her family packed for the journey out of Poland including the candelabra used on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.

Rochelle Lawrence describes her father Lazar's reasons for moving to Palestine on his own in 1932.

Rochelle Lawrence describes how an extensive network of relatives sponsored her family's immigration to the United States in 1938.

Rochelle Lawrence describes the impact of the Holocaust on family members who remained in Poland.

Rochelle Lawrence describes the antisemitic attack that motivated her family to leave Poland for Palestine, where her father gained citizenship by 1936.

Gitte Toben discusses efforts to save over 7,000 Jews in Denmark during World War II.

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