Ruth gabriele silten biography of michael

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Holocaust survivor Gabriele Silten through the Remember_The_Holocaust group moderated by Fred Kahn.

She immediately sent me copies of her written work (see titles list below), including her autobiography Between Two Worlds. Below is the substance of that interview.

Q: Was writing your autobiography therapeutic?

Is that why you decided to write it?

A: No, it was not therapeutic.

American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors conducted the interview with Ruth Gabriele Silten on April 11, , in Washington, D.C.

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Silten, born on May 30, in Berlin, Germany, discusses moving to Amsterdam, Netherlands with her parents and grandmother after Kristallnacht; life in.

In , Michael moved to Paris, then relocated to Bourbon-L'Archambault, France, and, in , fled across the Spanish border and joined.

Ruth Silten, Michael Honey, and Eva Kor all admitted to stealing food, organizing, while in the camps.

I decided to write it because a lot of people–friends– pushed me to do so and I thought it was a good idea. I had to relive that whole time, which at least meant that it all came to the surface and I could then deal with it.

Q: You talk about your family being assimilated and not practicing Judaism.

Was your family not very religious?

A: Obviously not. Assimilated means just that; that they were NOT religious, did not keep the dietary laws, did not go to temple, did not keep the holidays, etc. We practiced nothing at all.

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