Alice Rosen

"I hope the schools will teach the Holocaust. Every generation must learn about it so it will never happen again."

Name at birth
Freya Karoline Lang
Date of birth
06/13/1934
Where were you born?
Name of father, occupation
Fritz Lang
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Ida
I was at Gurs then Rivesaltes, France for one year with my mother, father, and grandmother.  French Red Cross volunteered to take ten children.
Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)
Where were you in hiding?
When I was six years old, I was in foster homes with a Madame Didier, then a Madame Gordon in Noyer, France. Later, I was in a convent and then a children’s home in France.
What do you think helped you to survive?
The foster parents who took care of me. I hoped that my family would come back some day. I did as I was told. My mother died at Auschwitz; my father came back. I was an only child. I now have two daughters and five grandchildren.
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
I hope the schools will teach the Holocaust. Every generation must learn about it so it will never happen again.
Interviewer:
Charles Silow
Interview date:
05/14/2009
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/rosen/

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