Holocaust Survivor
Poli. Sci.
Extra Credit- Sol Berger, Holocaust Survivor I was incredibly fortunate to attend the event which took place on May 29th, 2013 in which Sol Berger gave his testimony to his experiences as a holocaust survivor. Though there are copious amounts of amazing, and incredibly eye opening information I would love to share, I could not condense it to a page alone, but will keep the story close to heart and memory for a long time. Sol, born Solomon Berger was born on October 28th, 1919 in the town of Krosno, Poland. He was the second youngest, or the 8th of 9 children. His father was a tailor in Poland, and it may have been this trade alone which may have saved their lives.
Sol’s starts off his story by telling the audience of how there was a planned escaped from German occupied Poland, where young Jewish people were making their way toward Romania toward the Black Sea. The plan was to book passengers at the Black Sea and escape from German occupied Europe toward Palestine, which is toward Israel. The Gestapo found out of these anti-German Nazi activities, and Sol was arrested by the Gestapo. He was intensely interrogated, and beaten almost murderously for over two hours. He stated, “There was not a piece of my body that was not black and blue from all the beatings that I received”. Though Sol was beaten to a bloody pulp, and the Gestapo wanted to know who else was involved, he did not disclose of the others. The Gestapo decided to take a rest from the beatings and warned Sol of what was to come when they return. He suspected that they were probably going to kill him. While Sol was on the floor he noticed a window on a corner of the room with thin bars, facing the street. He stuck his head through and slowly snuck the rest of his body through, and made the escape. He hid out for the next 3 weeks with a family, disguised in women’s clothes and wigs. He was recaptured again by the Gestapo in a German-Nazi political prison, with 10 other Polish Christian
Extra Credit- Sol Berger, Holocaust Survivor I was incredibly fortunate to attend the event which took place on May 29th, 2013 in which Sol Berger gave his testimony to his experiences as a holocaust survivor. Though there are copious amounts of amazing, and incredibly eye opening information I would love to share, I could not condense it to a page alone, but will keep the story close to heart and memory for a long time. Sol, born Solomon Berger was born on October 28th, 1919 in the town of Krosno, Poland. He was the second youngest, or the 8th of 9 children. His father was a tailor in Poland, and it may have been this trade alone which may have saved their lives.
Sol’s starts off his story by telling the audience of how there was a planned escaped from German occupied Poland, where young Jewish people were making their way toward Romania toward the Black Sea. The plan was to book passengers at the Black Sea and escape from German occupied Europe toward Palestine, which is toward Israel. The Gestapo found out of these anti-German Nazi activities, and Sol was arrested by the Gestapo. He was intensely interrogated, and beaten almost murderously for over two hours. He stated, “There was not a piece of my body that was not black and blue from all the beatings that I received”. Though Sol was beaten to a bloody pulp, and the Gestapo wanted to know who else was involved, he did not disclose of the others. The Gestapo decided to take a rest from the beatings and warned Sol of what was to come when they return. He suspected that they were probably going to kill him. While Sol was on the floor he noticed a window on a corner of the room with thin bars, facing the street. He stuck his head through and slowly snuck the rest of his body through, and made the escape. He hid out for the next 3 weeks with a family, disguised in women’s clothes and wigs. He was recaptured again by the Gestapo in a German-Nazi political prison, with 10 other Polish Christian