The Apprentice of Buchenwald: A Story of Survival, Triumph, and Family Love
The last time Oren Schneider saw his beloved maternal grandfather Alexander Ruziak, the elderly man, who was 92 years old at the time, made an unusual request. For as...
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Her Parents Left Her on a Bench to Save Her from the Nazis. At 80, She Reunited with a Long-Lost Cousin
When the Gestapo boarded the train carrying Marta and Alexandr Knapp during their attempted escape from Prague in June 1942, they had to make a fast decision. They knew...
MyHeritage Finds Family Members of Children Murdered by Nazis at Sobibor
In the year 1943, 4 Jewish children from Amsterdam were herded onto trains and sent off to an unknown destination. Each of these children carried something with them: a...
Family Separated During the Holocaust Find Each Other with MyHeritage DNA Test
The horrific events of the Holocaust tore apart countless families, many of whom were never reunited. One of these families was that of Gedalya and Miriam Sura Ehrenberg, a...
Our CEO Gilad Japhet Tells the Stories of His Ancestors Who Were Victims of the Holocaust
MyHeritage Founder and CEO Gilad Japhet reveals his personal history in honor of this year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in memory of his ancestors who were victims of one...