Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
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Chapter 9: Judgment and Revenge
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
11/15/23 • 31 min
At war’s end, Vilna’s survivors struggle to regain their health, look for missing family members, and search for ways to leave Europe for the United States or Palestine. But a small group join an effort to seek revenge in Nuremberg, where an international tribunal is underway.
Chapter 10: Aftermath
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
11/23/23 • 33 min
In this final chapter of “Remembering Vilna,” several of the survivors whose stories we’ve featured tell of their journeys to safety and new beginnings, even as the traumas they experienced remained ever present.
Chapter 2: In the Shadow of War
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
09/28/23 • 29 min
With the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the country is split between the Nazi invaders and the Soviet Union. Vilna winds up in the hands of the Soviets, then the Lithuanians, then the Soviets again, who set about seizing property and businesses, and arresting and deporting perceived enemies of the state.
Episode 6 — Renee Hartman
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
11/21/19 • 22 min
Renee Hartman was just a child when the Nazis swept into Czechoslovakia. Her parents and sister were deaf, so she became her family’s ears, alert to the sound of the Gestapo’s boots.
Chapter 8: Nazi Defeat
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
11/09/23 • 38 min
July 1944. For nearly two weeks, the Nazis and the Soviets fight for every street and block in Vilna. When the smoke clears, Jews hiding in the sewers emerge into daylight while other survivors and Jewish partisans filter back into the devastated city.
Episode 8 — Malka Baran
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
02/18/21 • 28 min
Malka Baran expressed her love of children by caring for a toddler hidden in the barracks of a concentration camp and teaching first grade at her DP camp. It was the start of her lifelong commitment to early-childhood education.
Introduction: Remembering Vilna
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
09/20/23 • 10 min
“Those Who Were There” co-producers Nahanni Rous and Eric Marcus introduce a few of the voices that, over the course of 10 episodes, will bring to life the once-vibrant Jewish community of Vilna, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania) and chronicle its destruction during World War II.
Chapter 1: Childhood Memories
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
09/20/23 • 27 min
Recollections of life before 1939 evoke the rich diversity of Vilna’s thriving Jewish community, including its multiple synagogues and political and social organizations. The impact on daily life of rising antisemitism foreshadows far darker times to come.
Episode 10 — Sam Kassow
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
01/16/20 • 25 min
In October 1945, Celia Kassow gave birth to her son Sam in a German displaced persons camp. Seventy-five years later, Sam Kassow reflects on his mother’s life and an astonishing journey of discovery to his mother’s hometown in Eastern Europe.
Episode 10 — Judith Perlaki
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
04/01/21 • 26 min
Teenaged Judith Perlaki recalled cheating death twice after being deported from Hungary to Auschwitz. But most of her family wasn’t so fortunate. While assigned to sort the belongings of people sent to the gas chambers, Judith discovered the dresses of her little sister and aunt.
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How many episodes does Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust have?
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust currently has 34 episodes available.
What topics does Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust cover?
The podcast is about History, Courses, Podcasts, Education and Oral History.
What is the most popular episode on Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust?
The episode title 'Episode 9 — Celia Kassow — Part 2' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust?
The average episode length on Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust is 26 minutes.
How often are episodes of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust released?
Episodes of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust?
The first episode of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust was released on Sep 12, 2019.
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