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Sarah describes how her parents emigrated to the United States aboard the General McRae in November 1949.
Sarah Popowski: Emigrating to the U.S.
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Sarah Popowski describes a trip to Israel to visit the Yad Vashem memorial in 2001.
Sarah Popowski: Federation Trip
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt obtained forged documents to enable them to hide in Warsaw, Poland under assumed identities to escape the Holocaust.
Sarah Popowski: Forging Documents
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt were able to escape detection by Nazis through demonstrating a knowledge of Catholicism. She also relates the death of…
Sarah Popowski: Hiding from the Nazis
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother made the decision to leave her village and go to a labor camp as a volunteer rather than be rounded up by the Nazis.
Sarah Popowski: "I don't know what to…
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Sarah Popowski describes what life was like for her mother in a Nazi labor camp in Poland and the cruel policies of the guards. Content Warning: This clip contains a…
Sarah Popowski: Labor Camps
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt were helped by some Catholic nuns and the owner of a glass factory.
Sarah Popowski: There Were People That Were…
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother got onto a transport to a labor camp in order to avoid deportation from her village by the Nazis.
Sarah Popowski: These Are Life and Death Decisions
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Sarah Popowski describes how she first came to learn about her family's Holocaust experience.
Sarah Popowski: They Didn't Survive
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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt were liberated at the end of World War II and how they return to Kaluszyn, Poland, to find out what happened to the rest…
Sarah Popowski: You're Free Now
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Deryck Cook recalls how U.S. troops maintained segregation in England during World War II despite a lack of prejudice against Black troops among the local population.
Deryck Cook: Black Soldiers
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Deryck Cook shares his memories of German and Italian prisoners of war incarcerated near his village during World War II.
Deryck Cook: Prisoners of War
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Deryck Cook reflects on the effects of growing up during World War II in Exton, England.
Deryck Cook: "You become more aware of what…
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Deryck Cook describes the trauma experienced by soldiers in Europe who witnessed German atrocities during World War II.
Deryck Cook: "He never talked to the family…
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Deryck Cook recalls how opportunities for fun, food, and leisure opened up after the end of World War II in Europe.
Deryck Cook: The End of the War
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Deryck Cook recalls what his parents did to support the war effort from their home in Exton, England, during World War II.
Deryck Cook: Men and Women on the Home Front
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