Surviving in silence

Oscar was born in 1943 while his family was on the run from the Nazis. His family fled their home country of Poland to relocation camps in Siberia. Not feeling safe in Russia, they made their way to South America and eventually landed in Argentina, where Oscar spent most of his childhood. As they fled one place to another, the family had to move in silence to avoid being detected by the Nazis. Edit Credit: Alison Jacques

KEYWORDS:

• Oscar Szmuch
• Annette Weinberg
• Holocaust
• Holocaust survivor
• Jewish
• Los Angeles Jewish Health
• LAJ Health
• Concentration camps
• Labor camp

To hear Oscar's full recording you can listen here.

We partnered with the Los Angeles Jewish Health, home to seniors, to record eleven stories by Holocaust survivors. To learn more about the Los Angeles Jewish Health facility please click here: LAJHealth.org

If you would like to know more about the Holocaust please visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Here are additional stories by Holocaust survivors:

• Caroline Weingarten
• Eva Perlman
• Frieda Thompson
• Helene Kapel
• Joseph Neustadt
• Les Cooper
• Mireille Lister
• Mariam Bauch
• Martha Marcus
• Paulina Castiel