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Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program

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Musya’s Holocaust Survivor Story

October 28, 2024

My name is Musya. I was born in Riga, Latvia in 1934. I am sharing some snippets from my book, As Life Flows On. It was the summer of 1941. I had recently turned seven, and I was looking forward to the day I would go to first grade in the fall, very proud that …

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Solomon Volkov’s Holocaust Survivor Story

October 28, 2024

My name is Solomon Volkov, and I was born in 1944 in Leninabad, now Khojent, Tajikistan. I grew up in Riga, Latvia. Riga is a city with history, belonging first to the Russian Empire and then to Germany. It is a highly cultured city. I was immersed in its culture, especially classical music. It is …

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Alberto Di Porto’s Holocaust Survivor Story

May 6, 2024

My name is Alberto Di Porto. My family originally came from Portugal, hence the name Di Porto, meaning “From Porto” in Italian. Porto is a city in Portugal. My ancestors fled Portugal during the Spanish Inquisition and eventually settled in Italy. Fast forward to WW II. The Italian government, a Fascist regime led by Benito …

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Leo Falk’s Holocaust Survivor Story

April 25, 2024

I was born in Kiev (now Kyiv), Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. World War II for the Soviet Union started on June 22, 1942, five weeks before I turned 5 years old. My father went to the front where he was killed in October 1942 at the Battle of Stalingrad. …

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EL’s Holocaust Survivor Story

June 1, 2023

I was born in Romania in 1926. Before the start of the war, we had “nice” non-Jewish German neighbors. When I turned 14, we were forced out of our home and into Ukraine. My family walked from Romania to Ukraine, where we were required to perform forced labor. The Nazis killed my mother, brother, and …

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Initiative ensures cost of dental care is one less worry for survivors

May 31, 2022

SOFIA, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR in the Chicago area, has faced countless challenges over the years. As with so many other Jews who were in Europe during World War II, she has sustained her share of loss and trauma. She is also, according to social service professionals working in the survivor community, among the approximately one-third …

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My patient and Kindertransport

January 28, 2022

One of my recent patients being treated under the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program, Edith K., told me that she didn’t really consider herself a Holocaust survivor because she “never had to survive the concentration camps.” She experienced Nazi persecution, lost her parents at an early age and was forced to …

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In Her Own Words

July 31, 2021

Mrs. E is a survivor born on October 9, 1939 in Odessa, Ukraine, the former Soviet Union (FSU). Bradford Azizi, Holocaust Survivor Program Intern: How did life change for you during the Holocaust? Mrs. E: I first remember myself at the age of four or five, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. I was too young to remember …

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Contact Information

Bernice Edelstein – Executive Director
Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program
Alpha Omega Foundation, US

P.O. Box 286332
New York, NY 10128

Connect With Us

Tel: 240-876-3330

bernice.edelstein@aofus.org

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