Musée de l'Holocauste: L'Holocauste de 1945 à 1955

This video accompanies Activity 1 in the Student's booklet: The Holocaust from 1933 to 1939.

This video accompanies Activity 2 in the Student's booklet: The Holocaust from 1939 to 1945.

Léo Dortort was born in Austria in 1928. When he was just 10, in 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria.

Irene Gladstone-Epstein was born in Poland in 1922. She immigrated to Montreal in 1935 with her mother and siblings.

Ellen Samuel was born in Germany in 1926. Her life and childhood were dramatically altered by the Nazis' rise to power. She immigrated to Canada in 1955.

Edgar Lion was born in Austria in 1920. In 1940, he was arrested and interned by the British as an enemy, along with other Austrians and Germans.

Sarah Engelhard was born in Germany in 1932 and grew up in France. In 1942, her family fled to Spain.

Georgette Brinberg was born in France in 1938. In 1940, the Nazis invaded and occupied northern France, where she lived with her family.

Lou Zablow was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1924. In 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland. In 1940, he and his mother were forced to move into the ghettos. In 1944, he was deported to Auschwitz.

Muguette Myers was born in France in 1931. In 1940, the Nazis invaded and occupied northern France, where she lived with her family.

Léon Celemencki was born in France in 1940. Only a few months after his birth, the Nazis invaded and occupied northern France, where he lived with his family.