Teach the Shoah: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story As Told by Jessica Silverman

13 Mar Teach the Shoah: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story As Told by Jessica Silverman

Jessica Silverman honors her grandmother every day by sharing her story of Holocaust survival. Using her grandmother’s words, Jessica brought to life her grandmother’s struggle to survive during the Holocaust for The Legacy School’s 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. During an assembly, students learned about Jessica’s grandmother — Minnie Osher. Minnie was a young teen living in Poland in 1939, whose life was forever changed when she lost her mother and brother in the Lodz ghetto before being transported by cattle car train to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. Jessica Silverman, Minnie’s granddaughter, continues to carry on her grandmother’s legacy by hosting family gatherings. Minnie’s family gather around the candelabra, light candles, and share Minnie’s stories of strength and perseverance. As Minnie always said “Where there’s life, there’s hope.”