Sun, Nov 17
|Holocaust Museum LA
Sunday Survivor Talk with Joe Alexander
On his Holocaust experience, Joseph reflects, "I feel that the man upstairs wanted me to survive so I can tell people what happened." Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
Time & Location
Nov 17, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Holocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
About
PLEASE NOTE: This survivor talk will take place at 2:00pm, rather than the typical 3:00pm time.
Joe was born in 1922 in Kowal, Poland He and his family enjoyed a comfortable and stable life until Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939. At the beginning of the war, Joe’s family fled and joined other relatives in the town of Blonie. In late 1940, Blonie’s Jews were transported to the Warsaw Ghetto. Joe’s father bribed some guards to let Joseph and two of his siblings escape back to Kowal. This was the last time he saw the rest of his family. From Kowal, Joe was sent to different concentration camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau. After the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, he was sent from Auschwitz back to the Warsaw Ghetto to clean up the destruction’s aftermath. As the Polish Home Army advanced towards Warsaw, Joe was sent to camps in Germany, and then on a death march. He was liberated by American troops in 1945. He immigrated to the United States in 1949 where he married and had two children.
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Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.