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  • The Epic of LA Jewry
    • A Pre-History of LA Jews
    • Link :Mapping Jewish LA
    • Hollywood's Start
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    • The Survivors Rebuild
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    • Our Mission
    • The Epic of LA Jewry
      • A Pre-History of LA Jews
      • Link :Mapping Jewish LA
      • Hollywood's Start
      • Hollywood's 1st Synagogue
      • HTBE's Movie Studio
      • Escaping the Third Reich
      • The Survivors Rebuild
      • Escape from the Gulag
      • From Tehran to LA
      • Sephardic and Mizrahi Jew
      • Beyond Yiddish and Ladino
      • Present and Future
      • CHRONOLOGY AND FACTICITY
    • A Tool for Rearchers
    • ARTICLES OF NOTE
    • Our Donors
    • News and Analysis
      • Russo-Ukrainian War
      • Israel-Hamas War
      • American Politics
      • The Jewish Question
    • Events

747-348-4430

MEMORY IN ACTION: EMBRACING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE
  • Our Mission
  • The Epic of LA Jewry
    • A Pre-History of LA Jews
    • Link :Mapping Jewish LA
    • Hollywood's Start
    • Hollywood's 1st Synagogue
    • HTBE's Movie Studio
    • Escaping the Third Reich
    • The Survivors Rebuild
    • Escape from the Gulag
    • From Tehran to LA
    • Sephardic and Mizrahi Jew
    • Beyond Yiddish and Ladino
    • Present and Future
    • CHRONOLOGY AND FACTICITY
  • A Tool for Rearchers
  • ARTICLES OF NOTE
  • Our Donors
  • News and Analysis
    • Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Israel-Hamas War
    • American Politics
    • The Jewish Question
  • Events
Introduction to the Survivors

Meet the survivors who made los angeles their new home

Many of those who survived the Holocaust made it to these shores, seeking freedom and the right to live. How could they, who had been to hell and back, rebuild new lives and bring forward a new generation? This article , from Tablet Magazine, serves as an introduction to the story of our Surviving Remnants?

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The Rise of the Survivors

Our 101 Year Young Joe Alexander

Joe Alexander, Gabbai at HTBE, still travels to teach at 101!

Our veteran member, Joe Alexander, was interviewed by German TV, Deutsche Welles, about his experiences in the concentration camps.


Joe Speaks at the Reagan Library

Here is an interview with Joie Akexander at the Reagan Library.

Barbara Drotow, child survivor of the Holocaust

Barbara Drotow, who escaped with her older sister fromLodz, sings a song in memory of the million and a half children killed in the Holoicaust.

How Barbara Drotow Survived

Barbara Drotow headed the Nusery School at Hollywood Temple Beth El and is still a loyal attendee at services.This video was made for the Shoah Foundation.

Surviving By Hiding in Plain Sight

Irene Weinberg, mother of Rabbi Norbert Weinberg, and Bar Mitzvah tutor at HTBE, recounts her hiding under the nose of Nazi officers while also hiding her aunt.Her story can be found on

http://www.courageofspirit.com/p/megillat-esther-story-of-esther.html

From our Survivor records

    The survivors of the Holocaust rebuild their lives on t hese

    Southern California was a favorite destination for many survivors of Hitler's  Holocaust.HTBE was spiritual home to many, and one organization, in particular, became assiciated iwth the Temple for its  chatitable and social events, the American Congress of Survivors of Concentration Camps. Tales of survivors, culled from the eulogies by Rabbi Weinberg, follow here. Max Cukier's story can be found at https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/max-cukier

    Partisan Leader Max Cukier in his own words (docx)Download
    Marking the 50th year of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at HTBE (docx)Download
    50th year Warsaw cont (docx)Download
    Jack and Frances Mandel lead the American Congress of Survivors in celebrating life (docx)Download
    Hezkel Langsam, long-time leader of our Chapel (docx)Download
    Nathan and Libby Dender- our honored Teacher and Colleague (docx)Download
    Alex Satmary-the Hungarians enslaved him as a Jew, the Soviets imprisoned him as a Hungarian (docx)Download

    More stories of our survivors

    Our survivors tales

    Rabbi Weinberg has pulled the accounts of how our survivors, who were members of HTBE, created new lives in the new land.

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    More stories

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