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Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Renee Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Renee Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born near Warsaw in 1922, Renee Kolender experienced a good childhood until war broke out, ending school, ending everything. Children were taken from the streets to work each day. Her family was...

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Rudy Herz, Part 5 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Rudy Herz, Part 5 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1925, Rudy Herz heard of Hitler in school when, in 1935, textbooks took on a Germanic nationalistic slant, the Swastika flag was flown, and Jews lost privileges. His...

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Rudy Herz, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Rudy Herz, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1925, Rudy Herz heard of Hitler in school when, in 1935, textbooks took on a Germanic nationalistic slant, the Swastika flag was flown, and Jews lost privileges. His...

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Luba Goldberg, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Luba Goldberg, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Luba Goldberg nee Schreibman was born in 1921 in Romania, not far from Russia. Her family contained many well-respected Romanian doctors. With Romania part of the WWII German Axis, it enacted the same...

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Dientje Kalisky, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Dientje Kalisky, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Dientje Kalisky was born in Holland in 1938. Her grandfather and aunt were sent to a concentration camp and never returned. "When I was four we went into hiding. My parents didn't explain what was...

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Peter Becker, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Peter Becker, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Peter Becker was born in Munich in 1929. At the special Nazi school he attended, students were taught to be political or military leaders and that Hitler was the savior who would lift Germany up. In...

Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Peter Becker, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Peter Becker, Part 3 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in 1917 in Poland, Max Krautler lived there until the outbreak of the war. He grew up amidst anti-Semitism and rumors of Hitler in the newspaper prior to the war. His family was moved into a...

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Catawba Art Exhibit | Palmetto Scene

In the late 1990s, the Catawba Nation received federal recognition. Photojournalist and Filmmaker Catherine Bauknight set out to document the revival of the tribe. Her photo essay exhibit at the...

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