Alex gross holocaust survivor
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- talk about when you give these talks.
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- I wanted to ask you where you were liberated from.
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- In fact, I talk a great deal about it.
- I'd like to uppstart by focusing on an area that's
- maybe a little different.
- And I'm sure it's different from what you normally
- talk about when you give these talks.
- I'd like to uppstart more with what happened immediately
- And then we'll discuss, I'm sure it'll komma up,
- what happened during the war.
- I wanted to ask you where you were liberated from.
- I was liberated
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Gratitude, love, and optimism — three tenets Dana Hall students got to experience in the rawest form during a special assembly on September 20. Alex Gross, a Holocaust survivor, was interviewed by his grandaughter Marissa Lehv ’21 during a special assembly. Marissa says the interview was “difficult but it was a meaningful experience to hear him speak and let him share his story with the rest of the school.” Gross told the Dana Hall community about his experiences in Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Poland, during World War II. After the interview with Marissa, Gross spoke to the AP European History class and had a conversation with interested students in a smaller setting during lunch. “Hearing his story put all the numbers and facts into focus and allowed me to put a face to the history I’d been learning about for years,” said Laura McHugh ’21.
Gross was born in 1928 in Czechoslovakia, the youngest of six boys with one younger sister. When Gross was 11 years ol
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Overview
- Interviewee
- Alex Gross
- Date
- interview: 1983 August 07
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Personal narratives.
- Personal Name
- Gross, Alex, 1928-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
- Atlanta Jewish Federation
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The interview with Alex Gross was conducted by the Children of Holocaust Survivors (Atlanta, Georgia) on August 7, 1983. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tape of the interview from Saba Silverman, President of the Children of Holocaust Survivors, in June 1991. The United States Holocaust Memorial Mu