George Fox was born in Berdichev, Russia (later Poland) in 1917, where he lived with his family. The Nazis forced his family into the Brzeziny Ghetto, where they remained until its liquidation in 1942. George was sent to the Lodz Ghetto until 1944, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was liberated by the US Army after a death march to Flossenburg, Gross Rosen and Pocking, in Bavaria. The only survivor of his family, George immigrated to Canada in 1948. He has since dedicated himself to Holocaust and tolerance education, and he has been sharing his story for twenty years.
We met him at Baycrest’s Cafe Europa in October 2013, when he sat down with Savannah Yutman, Jessica Seger, and Meghan Kates.
Videos
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- 1. George Fox - Prewar Memories; The War Begins
- 2. The Walk
- 3. The Nuremberg Laws; Hearing about the Ghettoes
- 4. The Cruelty of the Nazis
- 5. Going into the Ghetto
- 6. Life in the Ghetto
- 7. The Hardship of the Ghetto
- 8. The Deportation of the Children
- 9. Industry in Lodz
- 10. Work in the Ghetto
- 11. Starvation
- 12. Deportation from the Ghetto
- 13. Arrival in Auschwitz
- 14. Life in the Camp
- 15. Living in the Barracks
- 16. Day-to-day Survival
- 17. Selections
- 18. More on Survival
- 19. Liberation
- 20. Canada; Adjusting
- 21. Life Now
- 22. Passing the Story on
