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Survivor Profiles

Each survivor has a unique story and often includes a wide range of experiences: suffering, kindness, luck, and more. We invite you to explore these survivor stories, one individual at a time.

Genocide is a worldwide problem.

Aaron Elster, Holocaust Survivor & Museum Vice President Emeritus

Every Survivor Has a Story...

Adina P. Sella

Hamburg, Germany

1935 - Present

Sia Hertsberg

Riga, Latvia

1927 - Present

Israel Starck

Podhoryan-Munkács, Czechoslovakia

1929 - Present

Eva Kor

Portz, Romania

1934 - 2019

Judy Kolb

Shanghai, China

1940 - Present

Lisl Bogart

Prague, Czechoslovakia

1926 - 2023

Max Epstein

Lodz, Poland

1925 - 2020

Cipora Katz

Poland

1938 - 2013

Adele Zaveduk

Paris, France

1937 - 2020

Matus Stolov

Minsk, Belarussia

1928 - 2020

Leonid Spivak

Mogilev Podolsk, Ukraine

1934 - Present

Mitchell Winthrop

Lodz, Poland

1926 - Present

Photo credits: Chris Strong

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