Stories
1921 – 2006Bolek: the name he chose in Buchenwald
At a re-registration in Buchenwald in early 1945, Baruch Gajc gave his name as "Bolek Guy". Weeks later he and two friends jumped from a prison transport onto a…No photograph yet
1925 –Perla: the only one who came back
Born Piroska Weiss in a village in the Carpathian foothills, Perla was nineteen when her family was taken to Auschwitz. Her parents and her five younger brother…No photograph yet
1902 – 1984Rabbi Haim of Settat: a prison cell shared with Mendès France
Haim Nahmani was a merchant, publisher and Mizrachi leader in Casablanca. Jailed for his Zionist work, he shared a cell with Pierre Mendès France, and the two m…No photograph yet
1924 – 2006Régine, who became Aviva
Born Régine Mizrahi in Alexandria, one of nine children, she never liked her French name. She came to the Land of Israel on her own before her family, chose the…No photograph yet
1795 – today