𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫, 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
“I was born a Jew…and I will die a Jew”
Listen here – https://pod.co/thefed/meet-itzik or anywhere you get your podcasts by searching for Humans of The Fed
To coincide with the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass – we bring you a very special podcast.
Itzik Alterman – Ike, as he is affectionately known – is a sprightly, immaculately dressed, active 93-year-old. A lover of golf and still a regular on the tees in his tenth decade, his outward appearance hides the truth of the incredible suffering he has endured and witnessed.
𝗜𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿.
Ike survived four concentration & death camps – Blizyn, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald & Theresienstadt – as well as a death march. His childhood destroyed by the outbreak of war, Ike’s journey led him through unimaginable anguish and grief, to the infamous places whose names are imprinted upon the minds of humanity.
With almost his entire family wiped out by the Nazis, Ike came to England as one of ‘The Windermere Children’ – the children who were given safe passage after the war – and began to slowly rebuild his life. Finding stability and happiness with his wife and children – his ‘new family’ as he calls them – Ike oversaw the creation of a thriving jewellery business in Manchester, eventually carving out a life for himself which defied his oppressors.
A participant in The Fed’s ‘My Voice’ project, chronicling the entire life stories of Holocaust Survivors and refugees, Ike published his life story book in 2020; a testament to his survival and a treasured artefact for future generations.
Ike has only been able to speak about his experiences in recent years. More than 70 years after the Shoah – the Holocaust – we are blessed and privileged to present an astonishing first-person account of the Holocaust and a rebuilt life from a giant of Jewish history.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.
You can listen to a snippet of the podcast by clicking the image below
Once again, to hear the FULL podcast go to https://pod.co/thefed/meet-itzik or anywhere you get your podcasts by searching for Humans of The Fed.
Thank you for listening – and please share the podcast with your family, friends, and colleagues.
Raphi
Raphi Bloom
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