Surviving the Holocaust
Benjamin and Ben Search for Long Lost Friends
Ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor Benjamin Lesser describes losing his family in the horrors of the concentration camps during WWII. He’s looking for the fellow survivor who became like a brother to him. Ben Alalouf describes arriving in the USA in 1944 on the USS Henry Gibbons, a troop carrier sent to help Jews fleeing the Nazis.
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Benjamin Describes Arriving at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivor Benjamin Lesser describes arriving on a cattle car at Auschwitz.
Journey to the US on the USS Henry Gibbons
Ben describes running from the Nazis with his family and their journey to the US on the US
Ben Arrives in the US and befriends Seka
Ben describes arriving at the military camp in Oswego and befriending Seka.
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