Testimony 1: Edith Coliver Edith Coliver was born on July 26, 1922 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

She came from a German-Jewish family. Her mother was an Orthodox Jew, Ms. Coliver was a reformed Jew, and her father was conservative. She grew up with 2 older brothers in a well to do middle class family. They lived in a 3 story dwelling on the first floor and 2 other families occupied the other floors. When Ms. Coliver was 11 she had overheard her parents talking about the boycotts and people being carted off. Ms. Coliver said at this point she knew nothing about the executions. Her father knew that trouble was coming. She was sent to England to attend school for a short while but then was told by her father to come back. He wanted to make sure his family was not separated and they went to the American Consulate to get their visas. They left in June of 1938 before they could be sent to the concentration camps. They first landed in New York and Ms. Coliver, still being a child, stayed up all night to see the Statue of Liberty. She knew that it stood for freedom and everything they were fleeing. She was surprised when they first arrived in New York because there was a parade that was going on and they were chanting Down with Hitler. For her, this was very comforting to know that these were people on their side. They were in New York for four days before setting sail again to the west coast. This is where they eventually settled. She returned back to Karlsruhe in 1946 and ran into an old classmate. Here she was asked about Gertrude Marx. She had to break the news that she was exterminated. Hearing the news stopped the conversation and both turned and walked away embarrassed to be survivors. Ms. Coliver talked about being ashamed of being Jewish. It was almost as if she was saying that she was not good enough to have survived. The Germans had a certain amount of glee. I was powerless.

Testimony 2: Frances Flumebaum Frances Flumenbaum (Blady) was born on June 10, 1923 in Slawok, Poland. She was born to Wolf and Bella who were Orthodox Jews and a sister and two brothers. Mrs. Flumebaum was the oldest. Her father was a scholar and mother taught several languages. They also owned a grocery store. In 1939 when the war broke out they had already taken precautions and saved food. They were told that moving to a neighboring town would be better but they were pushed back to their own town. There was a bridge and to keep some from going back, they were thrown off a bridge. Mrs. Flumenbaums family was intact because her father was received as a respectable man. Her father sent her to fetch linens during the war to trade for food but was caught after a couple of times. She was sent to jail in 1941 and spent almost a year. After 3 months of being in jail, a new prisoner was brought who told her that parents and children were separated and sent to different ghettos. After she was released from jail, she tried to live as a Christian but after 14 days she wanted to find her family. She went to a ghetto and rang the bell to be let in and found her sister. On May 8th 1945, they heard Russians saying come out come out. They had been liberated by the Russians and they were free. She never found her brothers and found out that her parents perished in Auschwitz. She is a very proud Jewish woman and instilled that same proud heritage in her children. Anything what you possess you might lose in your life but not what sticks to your brains. I will continue doing the way I was raised for respect and love.