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Remembering Lives Lost On Holocaust Remembrance Day 

Friday marks 78 years since the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz in 1945, as well as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the time to honor the millions of lives lost at the hands of Nazi Germany. Jan. 27 was chosen as the day for International Holocaust Remembrance as Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Union in 1945 on that date. ...

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Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories With Valencia High School Students: Part 3

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Three Holocaust survivors shared their experiences with more than 900 Valencia High School students on Tuesday as a part of their 10th grade Modern Civilization history course. Each of the speakers had a very different experience in captivity, but they each shared the pain, the heartache and the horrors they witnessed with the gathered students. The third speaker, 97-year-old Joseph ...

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Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories With Valencia High School Students: Part 1

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Three Holocaust survivors shared their experiences with more than 900 Valencia High School students on Tuesday as a part of their 10th grade Modern Civilization history course. Each of the speakers had a very different experience in captivity, but they each shared the pain, the heartache and the horrors they witnessed with the gathered students. The first of the three ...

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Congregation Beth Shalom Unveils Holocaust Memorial Sculpture (VIDEO)

Over 70 years ago, 6 million Jews lost their lives in the Holocaust, a tragedy memorialized with a sculpture unveiled Sunday at Congregation Beth Shalom in Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The sculpture and memorial plaza, dedicated in memory of Candi Sisk, the wife of Santa Clarita veteran Arnie ...

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COC Students To Hold Film Screening Based On Holocaust Survivor’s Experience

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COC advanced animation students brought back to life memories of Holocaust survivor Leon Malmed, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. A group of 25 College of the Canyons students spent the entire Spring 2017 semester bringing to life an animated documentary “The Promise,” which will be screened at the COC ...

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COC To Present Lecture By Holocaust Survivor Leon Malmed

College of the Canyons welcomes author and holocaust survivor Leon Malmed for a special presentation and accompanying book signing of his memoir “We Survived… At Last I Speak” on Oct. 27

College of the Canyons welcomes author and holocaust survivor Leon Malmed for a special presentation and accompanying book signing of his memoir “We Survived… At Last I Speak” on Oct. 27. Malmed’s story is about how triumph of will and perseverance can help overcome almost historically insurmountable odds according to a COC news release. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa ...

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Holocaust Survivor Edith Frankie Visits Rio Norte Junior High

Dozens of Hart district junior high students and their parents listened to a real-life lesson plan that accompanied their reading of “The Diary of Anne Frank” on Monday. Holocaust survivor Edith Frankie, 82, visited Rio Norte Junior High to speak with a class of eighth-graders Monday. “I’m happy because it was was an experience I could enrich my students with,” ...

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SCV Woman Is Area’s Youngest Holocaust Survivor

Santa Clarita is home to many Jewish people, and their heritage and life stories add to the cultural richness of our valley. But Newhall resident Erika Schwartz has a particularly important life story to share. Born in Hungary in 1944, Schwartz is the youngest Holocaust survivor still living in the Santa Clarita Valley. Because she was an infant, Schwartz has ...

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