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Surviving the Holocaust: Yaakov Hollander's Story



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Ya'akov Hollander was a ten-year-old boy living in Krakow, Poland, when WWII broke out. Deported from his home and eventually crammed into the Krakow ghetto, Ya'akov passed through twelve different concentration camps during the Holocaust. A walking skeleton when he was finally liberated, Yaakov had lost both his parents and most of his family in the Holocaust. With his world completely destroyed, Yaakov turned to music in an attempt to cope with his loss. Joining a children's choir in a camp for child survivors, Yaakov forged a lifelong bond with music, becoming a composer, musical arranger and choir conductor. Despite all of the horror he faced as a child, through the help of music, Yaakov has managed to remain an optimistic person.


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mcpopa22, im not ... ( 7 months ago by SweedishWarCry081)
mcpopa22, im not going to say tht your a horrible person or anything. u have an opinion that i dont agree w., but its your opinion. the only thing i will say is that when u die, i have a pretty good guess where your going.
i agree with ... ( 7 months ago by Lildrummerboy50)
i agree with sweedish expect :)
This is very ... ( 7 months ago by BELLYBUTTON050294)
This is very interesting. Okay, I know I'm learning about this in School, but I didn't know how bad these things actually were. If you'd like to let me know anything about the Holocaust, Columbine, V TECH, or 9/11 please send me a video or anything. This is for a school related purpose. Thank you.
the republicans are ... ( 7 months ago by Barbraossa85)
the republicans are the once who want to support the state of Israel...the Jews voted for Bush...didnt they??
what wrong about being a republican..??
I hate them both cuz
deedovich er staat ... ( 7 months ago by changroen)
deedovich er staat rechtboven bij de datum dat hij uit polen komt dus hioj is geen rotterdamer
You Bastards make ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
You Bastards make me sick. If you deny the holocaust, then you deny the deaths of my grandparents. I am a 12 jew and it seems that i have more knowledge than you ignorant NAZIS ever will. it is ridiculous and stupid to even consider that the holocaust never happened. don't you deniers realize that there is living proof? its ILLEGAL to deny the holocaust in germany!!! does that tell you anything? If don't remember the past, then your're doomed to repeat it.
Array ( 7 months ago by murraylodge)
Well said Sarah.
Rome knew, but did nothing.
Ireland my own country gave refuge to nazis after the war,as did many other countries.
Even if it wasn't ... ( 7 months ago by paytertje)
Even if it wasn't purposed for your school, you would do good to just read / watch / listen up on the horrible things that happened, just to grow sympathy for the surviviors, the minorities and the less fortunates. I sincerely hope you will, for it will make you a better person. Pax
FUCK YOU! have you ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
FUCK YOU! have you seen the 4 year olds calling jews pigs??? you think that WE isaraelis have no respect when they bomb israel every single day? Im sorry , but i remmeber the "promised land" being promised to the jews
First of all, fuck ... ( 7 months ago by oOderyaOo)
First of all, fuck YOURSELF. Second, the 'promised land' is something that is made up by the jews themselfs, not by other nations, so first think before you talk. Third, do you know why they are calling jews pigs? Because of the same reasons that jews were calling the Germans pigs during WW II. THINK ABOUT THAT (IF YOU CAN). And I believe you're a bit confused, you say 'they bomb Israel every single day', the Palestinians are chased off from their environment and are bombarded by the Israelis!!
Um, jews were ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
Um, jews were calling germans pigs becuase they were mass merderers.... if thats not a good enough reason for you, then your a neonazi. what the hell are you talking about " bombarded by the israelis"? you must not have heard of Sderot, because the palestinians from gaza have been bombing them every single day. we only bomb as self defence you fuckwad
yep. Im sick of ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
yep. Im sick of arguing. you're never going to wake up from your ignorance anyways. I 'm going to be the better person ( jew ) and walk away.
Im happy hitler is ... ( 7 months ago by efron123456)
Im happy hitler is dead and this isnt still happening to day...but if you really look at the world today...people are getting shot, stabbed, and killed horribly by other humans and i think that world is almost as bad as it was when hitler was alive!!! The world is going down very slowly!!
One of his most ... ( 7 months ago by hwalle007)
One of his most traumatic events he occured was the fact that he couldn't save half a cake for his brother. Strange. Weren't there people killed in that camp? And why did he survive if he was not on any "Schindler's list"? And who can explain that according to the world almanac the jewish world population in 1939 was 15,600,000 and in 1947 it was 15,690,000?
Yeah, but you ... ( 7 months ago by smithoniaz)
Yeah, but you cannot deny the fact that 6 million jews were killed by the Nazis.
Back at ya. go ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
Back at ya. go crawl back under your rock, holocaust denier. : ) have a nice day
Finally. a person ... ( 7 months ago by ANONYMOUSsarah)
Finally. a person that actually has common sense in this world.
The stories of the ... ( 6 months ago by scrabblepug)
The stories of the people who survived the concentration camps and what happened in their lives is interesting to hear. Thank you for posting the video.
The palestinians ... ( 3 months ago by DirkjeA)
The palestinians have left by their own choice in 1948, led by Nasser, who said they would drive the jews into the sea. The promised land comes from the bible, a book half the world population worships. If the arab nations would care so much they would take them in. or at least spent their oilmoney in education and hospitals
Yes, a survivor who ... ( 3 months ago by nacho1560)
Yes, a survivor who doesn't hold the world to blame or even seems to hate those who murdered his family. God bless him.
i use to call the ... ( 3 months ago by israelblank)
i use to call the garmany pigs but not all of them hate the jewish and now i understand it. i know that the life in gaza are very hard cuse its a war zone but everyday missiles are shoting from gaze to citys in israel and we got to do something about it dont you think.
we cant just do nothing and hope for the boming from hizbala will end ,i know the arab in gaze have very difficult life from the bombing from the israeli side but if we stop try stop the terror from hizbala we will be destroyed
Dude he was treated ... ( 2 months ago by Devastatoras)
Dude he was treated by nazi as an animal. He was tought not to fear pain and death. Like doctors cannot even cry every time a baby dies or a mother loses her child. They become strong and emotionless people.
But alike animals, the instink of family was still inside him. The only joy he ever had was his brother who was sick. He was given a piece of cake and the only thing he wanted and came first to his mind was to share it with his brother.
I cannot put myself in that situation.
Array ( 1 month ago by ItNeverHappenedMyAss)
Mar 14 1945
"I am going to jump into my grave laughing because the knowledge that I have the deaths of millions of people on my conscience is a source of extraordinary satisfaction to me." Adolf Eichmann.
this is soo sad. im ... ( 3 days ago by mlbaa)
this is soo sad. im so glad he survived



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