Continuum

Loves Elvis Presley. From WW2 to Atlanta, Georgia. Hershel grew up with a secret.  As a child, he saw dead bodies. The economic situation was so bad in Europe, Hitler was able to use the Jews as a target. Most of his friends had no idea his family survived the Holocaust. His father ran a store in ATL and had a relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King. Hershel got to meet him. From feeling totally helpless in Europe, his mother was later known for cooking feasts for guests including American soldiers in their Georgia home. Hershel wanted to forget the Holocaust, just a few years ago he was encouraged to start speaking. He explains sharing his story brings him so much joy. He likes to charge students with his story, “It’s up to them to pass the story along to their children and eliminate hatred between each other because of different colors and ways of life. Give their parents, teachers, and each other the respect they need.” The biggest thing he learned from his mother was the love of family and tradition. Every Friday night his mother lit candles on a candelabra brought over from Austria. She made up for what they didn’t have in Europe. His father suffered a tremendous loss, he lost his entire family. He had an extremely rough life after the Holocaust. Many nights Hershel heard his father crying. Hershel is super proud of his grandchildren as they all did well in school and are super successful. He says the secret to a long marriage is taking care of each other. Meet Hershel! 

Meet Anita. The Cool Grandma. A powerful storyteller and Survivor who had many names throughout her life. “Success is to KNOW TO go from one failure to another without less excitement or emotion. ” Learn lessons on love, guilt, family, and so much more. An area with over 150,000 Jews, Anita was one of two hundred to survive. Why did no one call Hitler out for having brown hair and brown eyes? How did her mother Survive the war with three small children? During the time of segregation, Anita attended college in Missouri. There she spoke up for the first time about her experiences and was the only Jew in the city, let alone the college. My friend David connected me to Antia, and together we interviewed her for the Continuum podcast.