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Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
​Cela Miller grew up in Poland during the 1920s. When the war started, the Germans burned towns and homes; removed priests, professors, and Jews. Those who turned in Jews got a kilogram of sugar. She...
Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
​Cela Miller grew up in Poland during the 1920s. When the war started, the Germans burned towns and homes; removed priests, professors, and Jews. Those who turned in Jews got a kilogram of sugar. She...
Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust

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Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust
Born in 1923 in Cross Hill, S.C., Claude Hipp was assigned to the Army infantry in North Carolina in 1943. He was shipped to Europe and marched through Camp Orsdorff where 9,000 workers had been...
Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In 1943 they were all taken away in...
Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Ben Stern Part 1 (Length 1:02:13) Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In...
The Abyss | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust - Episode 6 Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 9

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Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
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Holocaust survivors discuss the determination that was required to survive under the horrid conditions. They discuss the gas chambers, the starvation, and illness, and waking up with a corpse next to...
Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in Poland, Felix Goldberg was captured near Warsaw in 1939 and sent to a German work camp. He worked hard on the farm in the bitter cold with little to eat. Later he was sent to Auschwitz. He...
Charles Pinckney Bio | Forgotten Founder - Episode 17 Forgotten Founder: Family Rifts | Carolina Stories 6

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Forgotten Founder: Family Rifts | Carolina Stories
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In 1794, shortly before Pinckney was elected to a third term as governor, his wife, Mary Laurens Pinckney, gave birth to a son, Henry Laurens Pinckney. After serving two years of his third term as...
Charles Pinckney Bio | Forgotten Founder - Episode 17 Forgotten Founder: Creating Balance | Carolina Stories 7

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Forgotten Founder: Creating Balance | Carolina Stories
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John Quincy Adams requested the Pinckney Plan from Charles Pinckney, but Pinckney said he didn't have it. He provided the Plan to John Quincy Adams, as best he remembered it. At that time, he retired...
Charles Pinckney Bio | Forgotten Founder - Episode 17 Forgotten Founder: The Pinckney Draft | Carolina Stories 3

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Forgotten Founder: The Pinckney Draft | Carolina Stories
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In 1787, Philadelphia had a population of about 30 thousand people. It had paved streets, gas lamps, a fire company, a public library, a university, and was a model of what an American city should be...
Charles Pinckney Bio | Forgotten Founder - Episode 17 Forgotten Founder: Siege at Savannah | Carolina Stories 2

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Forgotten Founder: Siege at Savannah | Carolina Stories
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At age 21, Charles Pinckney was a lawyer, a State Representative and a Lieutenant in the S.C. Militia. His first exposure to war was at the siege of Savannah. The siege at Savannah was an attempt to...
About Generations of Heroes

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About Generations of Heroes
About the Project Generations of Heroes is a project that offers South Carolina educators and students a chance to document the living memories of heroes and civilians who have served the United...
Murray Price | Generations of Heroes

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Murray Price | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Murray Price who was a World War II pilot. Interview by Vaughn Postema from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
Major Taibe A. Roy | Generations of Heroes

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Major Taibe A. Roy | Generations of Heroes
War in Afghanistan Meet Major Taibe A. Roy. He served in the War in Afghanistan. The interview was done by Andrew Walker from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, S.C. Generations of Heroes was a...
Tony McLean | Generations of Heroes

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Tony McLean | Generations of Heroes
Vietnam War Meet Tony McLean. He served in Vietnam. Interview by Shani Alston from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes

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Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes
Korean War Meet Tom Duncan. He served in the Korean War. Interview by Edens Littlejohn from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...