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

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