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Holocaust survivor

Herbert Heller in 2019. (Photo/Vivian Cohen)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Quick thinking saved this North Bay man’s life during Holocaust

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 12, 2020June 15, 2020
Gisa Oloff, 91, at home in Palo Alto. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

‘Everybody has a story’: A Nazi annexation, an escape through Europe, and survival

by Gabriel Greschler April 28, 2020
Magen David Adom medical team members, wearing protective gear, are seen at a drive-through site for coronavirus testing samples collection in Tel Aviv, March 20, 2020. (JTA/GILI YAARI/NURPHOTO via GETTY)
Posted inNews

First Israeli coronavirus death, a Holocaust survivor, buried with social distancing

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 24, 2020
Holocaust survivor Leon Rajninger at his home in San Francisco. (Photo/Liz Harris)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

S.F. man, 88, recalls a ‘nightmare’ at every turn

by Liz Harris February 13, 2020February 21, 2020
Rena Victor (center) with her sisters after WWII in 1946-47.
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Rena Victor, 80, recounts surviving Holocaust and bombing of Hamburg

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 5, 2020February 13, 2020
87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin was under threat of eviction until the Alameda city council stepped in. (Photo/Courtesy Svetlana Rishin)
Posted inSeniors

Holocaust survivor spared eviction in Alameda City Council vote

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 4, 2019September 4, 2019
Still from “Crickets Would Sing” by director and writer Mauricio Baiocchi
Posted inTV & Film

Local survivor’s memoir to be adapted as stop-motion animated film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 30, 2019May 26, 2021
87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin is under threat from being evicted from his apartment in Alameda where he has lived for 17 years. (Photo/Courtesy Svetlana Rishin)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust survivor, Russian immigrant, faces eviction in Alameda

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Dora Sorell, Holocaust survivor and popular educator on the Holocaust, passed away May 27, 2019.
Posted inObituaries

Survivor and Holocaust educator Dora Sorell of Berkeley dies at 98

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 11, 2019
Helga Newman at age 9 in Austria, April 1939
Posted inCommunity

80 years later, Palo Alto woman’s story of rescue by Kindertransport

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 25, 2019April 29, 2019

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