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Inge Auerbacher Ambassador for Friendship, Tolerance and Peace

Lilian Barber Finally grown up!

Hillel Baum My grandfather sold his cattle in Alzey.

Mordechai (Motke) Berkowiz I liked helping my father with the horses.

Doris and Hans Bernheim Fled Nazi Germany together with their parents

Manef Biran We became convinced Zionists.

Asher Engel People do not forget when you do good to them.

Joel Eppstein I have been a member of Kibbutz Hama'apil since 1948.

Bezalel Fischer Members of the Palmach had come to protect us.

Jakob Fröhlich Followed relatives without his parents to Shavei Zion

Dalia Gavish My mother was an example of sacrifice and determination.

Vern Gideon "I don't think we ever really grew up as kids."

Miriam Harel If there is one thing that is important in life, it is to learn, learn and …

Yitzhak Hirsch "I didn't think people could behave like that."

Pavel Hoffmann Freed as an orphan by a special transport from Theresienstadt

Esther Kahn "I never thought I'd get this excited about an apple."

Fredy Kahn A child of survivors of the Shoah

Aharon Klapfer We decided to escape and hide in the forest.

Shaul Kress I still remember the smell of the steaming bowl of potatoes.

Tammy Lavi Looking for my family

Sally Lemberger In 1945 I came back to Rexingen. It was unbelievable.

Vardit Meir Fleeing from hideout to hideout as youngsters

Alda Mochly I loved sitting in grandfather's gallery and reading, writing and drawing

Max Nathans "I had to say I was an orphan."

Shoshana Neumann I was my family's only connection to the outside world.

Relli Robinson They explained to me that it was a kind of game that we played together.

Trude Schwarz She wanted to become a kindergarten teacher.

Zvi Shalamovitch Survived the war at adoptive parents

Ruth Solomon My first impressions in Hechingen always remained vivid in my memory.

Alfred and Arnold Wochenmark They managed to flee via Switzerland to the USA

Ilse Wälder Childhood and youth in Rexingen

Gadi Zilberman Hate is a destructive thing.
Eyewitness Interviews

Asher Engel

Vern Gideon

Miriam Harel

Dr. Yitzhak Hirsch

Pavel Hoffmann

Dr. Fredy Kahn

Tammy Lavi

Alda Mochly

Zvi Shalamovitch
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Pavel's parents Elisabeth and Hans Hoffmann.

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Pavel Hoffmann's parental home in Prague today.

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Pavel with grandmother Szidnoie Ketely.

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Pavel Hoffmann reported about everyday life in Theresienstadt in an interview in 2021

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Pavel Hoffmann also spoke of the transport to Switzerland in his 2021 interview.

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Pavel upon his arrival in Switzerland.

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Pavel Hoffmann's relatives at a family celebration in 1939.

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Wedding of uncle Eugen Ketely, 1947.

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Pavel Hoffmann with aunt Magdalena Földes.

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Pavel with Jewish friends Tibor Branik and Pavel Malin.

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Pavel Hoffmann and his family.

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In our 2021 interview, Pavel Hoffmann talks about his research.

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Pavel Hoffmann at a lecture in Freudenstadt, 2016.

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