We Visit the Abadis
One of the most intriguing personalities to have been rescued from the train was the artist Ervin Abadi. Today we visited his children and other members of his family — and saw much more of his artwork than we even knew existed!
We Interview Aliza Vitis Shomron
Decorated war hero. Last known survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. And one of the 2500 rescued from the train.
We Interview Simcha Barkai
Simcha Barkai was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen in 1944 and still remembers vividl the bodies piling up everywhere…
We Interview Yaakov Barzilai
Quite an honor! Our “train survivor” interivew of the day was with the noted Israeli poet and novelist Yaakov Barzllai.
We Interview Ruth Fussman
Ruth Fussman is unique among the survivors we interviewed this week…
We Interview Aliza Gilon
April 20: a lovely visit with train survivor Aliza Golon at her home in Haifa.
Aliza Gilon
Small space up high
We Interview Eran Leitersdorf
One of the most intriguing survivors from the train was Gina Rappaport. Today we met her son: Eran Leitersdorf.
We Pause to Thank Varda Weisskopf
Would any of this have been possible without Varda Weisskopf?
We Interview John Fransman
Today we interviewed our first train survivor for this trip: John Fransman…