Friday is National Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Every year, we lose Holocaust survivors who can tell their stories. HsuTV spoke to a survivor.
, marking 78 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Leo Ullman is 83 years old, and was just 3 when the war started. He and his parents had to split up as they went into hiding in the Netherlands."I think that the important thing is that there were very good people who did enormously dangerous deeds to save Jewish kids during the war," Ullman said. "I wound up with a policeman and his wife, and they took the ultimate risk.
"That's survivorship. I mean, you could survive a triathlon if you're intending to do so. The story is that there are opportunities in this country that are unlimited," Ullman said.. Her grandfather is also a survivor at 100 years old, which is one of the reasons she's determined to record the stories of those who are left.
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