Who+survived+the+concentration+camps,+and+there+stories?

Who survived the concentration camps, and there stories or quotes? Jeannine Burk  Jeannine Burk is survivor of the holocaust she never made it to the ghettoes or the concentration camps she was one of the many hidden children of the holocaust.“My life as a hidden child was...how can I say it...I had no toys. The only fresh air I got was when I was allowed to go in the backyard. I made up imaginary friends because I had no one to play with. I do not remember being hugged and kissed. That was my life for two years”(Jeannine Burk). As you can see from this quote being a hidden child was not a very ideal life. She was born in Belgium, the people of Belgium being neutral never though they would be invaded by the Germans but they did. During this time there was an underground system were you could hide Jewish children. Her father found a place for her brother and sister and her as well but they were all separated. She recalls that the last time she saw her father was when he dropped her off at the person who would be hiding her lived. She states that she was never mistreated she wanted to make that clear, but she was never loved by them. She remained scared of the Nazis during her times has a hidden she recollects that the Nazis would have lots of Parades and the family would open the door to watch the parade. She would be hidden in the outhouse and hide in a small spaces thinking if she could see the parade the Nazis could see her. She later found out that her brother who was much older was put in a Christian’s boy home, but her sister who had osteomyelitis was harder to finda home for. She was told that one early morning a Gestapo came to their house and took their father away because he was a Jew. There were many who found out that their neighbors were. Her mother stated that she would have to be shot to leave her daughter the people then left. Her mother had been able to make a phone call to the catholic hospital she put her daughter in the isolation ward; the Germans didn’t look for Jews there. Her mother being blond haired and blue eyed passed as a nurse at the retirement home.  After the war her mother gathered the family back together but they had received horrible news that her husband Jeannine’s father had been gassed at Auschwitz. At the age of ten Jeannine’s mother had died of breast Cancer. In 1950 Jeannine and her sister were invited to go the International ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union she felt like royalty being on the trip. The trip took place in New York for two weeks. Later she had received a letter from the Savages a family she meet at the Union meeting they had offered to take her to America Jeannine states that leaving Belgium was the hardest thing for her to do. She had felt like her brother and sister didn't want her anymore because they had gotten married. She was adopted by the Savages, and then we got married, divorced, and re-married with six children and nine grandchildren. She wasn’t able to talk about the holocaust until she joined the New Americans Social Club.


 * //"People ask me, can I forgive? I can't. I cannot forgive. I blame the German people a great deal because I feel they were passive. They turned away. They may have theto say they did not know. That is unacceptable. Until they can own up to it, I can't forgive.” (Jeannine Burk) //**To find out more about her story click [|here].


 * //“There we 375,000 Jews living in Warsaw before the w //****//ar. I doubt that there are 5,000 living there today. It is very, very important for me to tell this story.”( Solomon Radasky) ﻿ //**To find out more about Solomon Radasky click [|here.]




 * //“I tell my story so that it won’t become your future.” (Leslie Meisels) //**


 * //" I feel personally, why should I talk to Jewish people? Jewish people should know about the Holocaust. I go out of my way to talk to non-Jewish people. If I speak to 60 students or 40 students or 80 students, then they will know that the Holocaust did exist. It is important never to forget that we have been through hell in our lifetimes if we don't want the Holocaust to repeat itself."(Shep Zitler) //** To find out more about Shep Zitler click [|here.]