Alfred Garwood

I was born on 29 October 1942 to Solle and Mania Garfinkle in the Przemysl Ghetto some 200 miles east of Krakow. At 8 months of age, together with my parents and 4-year-old sister Leonia, we were sent to the Montelupich Gestapo headquarters in Krakow.

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Agnes Kaposi

Agnes was born in the large Hungarian city of Debrecen in October 1932 to a Jewish-Socialist family. When she was two, a right-wing government came to power, and her Socialist father lost his job. Seeking employment, her parents moved to Budapest, leaving their little daughter behind with her grandmother.

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Arie Shilansky

Arie’s family was one of the last family’s entering Siauliai Ghetto and were used as labour power for the Germans, receiving 150-gram bread a day. Those who were found smuggling food were beaten and whipped in front of the whole ghetto.

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Sam Laskier 1927-2020

I remember being very impressed by the German troops when they marked in and occupied Warsaw. Unfortunately, we were heavily bombed and the Jewish district was extensively damaged. Almost immediately, there was an acute shortage of food in our neighbourhood - which by now was a ghetto.

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