January 27, 2025

80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation: 4 Survivor Interviews from Our Archive

2 hours 40 minutes

In honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day, which this January 27, 2025, marks 80 years since the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp, we present interviews in Yiddish from your archive with four survivors of Auschwitz. As of the broadcast date all were alive and well to the best of our knowledge. The interviewees are:

Joseph Alexander, originally from Kowal, Poland, who survived Auschwitz. In his interview he recounts his Holocaustr experience and other aspects of his long life. (Recorded May 17, 2022; originally aired May 18, 2022)

Itel Landau, originally from Vișeu de Sus (Felsővisó in Hungarian, אויבערווישעווע in Yiddish), a shtetl in Transylvania (prewar Romania, Hungary during WWII, now Romania), who survived Auschwitz, discussing her life — before, during, and after the Holocaust. (Recorded June 6, 2024; originally aired June 19, 2024)

Zoli Langer, originally from Minai, a village near the small town of Užhorod, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). He, his parents, and 5 siblings were deported to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. He was the only one to survive. He describes his life before and during the war and ultimately his liberation in April 1945. (Recorded in November, 2019; originally aired April 22, 2020)

Rochel Zicherman, originally from the small village Tybava in Carpathian Ruthenia part of Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), who survived Auschwitz. In her interview she both talks about her life and sings songs related to the Holocaust. (Recorded in 2019; originally aired May 1, 2019)

Please note: This is a special extended-length episode, over 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Music:

Rokhl Zicherman: In Auschwitzer Lager, Holocaust 'Dem Milners Trern' (Singer is a Carpathian Auschwitz survivor. This is a Yiddish Voice exclusive recording.)

Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: January 22, 2025

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