
Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust
35 episodes
S3 Ep 11In Memoriam: Renee Hartman (1933-2025)
<p>Renee Hartman was one of the first four survivors to give testimony to the Fortunoff Archive's predecessor organization in 1979. &nbsp;In this podcast episode, she describes how she was just a child when the Nazis swept into Czechoslovakia. Her parents and sister were deaf, so she became her family&rsquo;s ears, alert to the sound of the Gestapo&rsquo;s boots.We&rsquo;re re-releasing this episode in celebration of her life.&nbsp;</p>
S3 Ep 10Chapter 10: Aftermath
<p>In this final chapter of &ldquo;Remembering Vilna,&rdquo; several of the survivors whose stories we&rsquo;ve featured tell of their journeys to safety and new beginnings, even as the traumas they experienced remained ever present.</p>
S3 Ep 9Chapter 9: Judgment and Revenge
<p>At war&rsquo;s end, Vilna&rsquo;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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>