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Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 4m 19s Video has closed captioning.
When liberation finally came Benjamin was so exhausted and malnourished that he simply collapsed. He describes waking up two months later in St. Ottilien, a monastery in Germany that had been made into a make-shift hospital. There he met another young holocaust survivor, Moshe Opatovski who, like him, had lost everything in the Holocaust.
Aired: 11/20/18
Benjamin Describes Arriving at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivor Benjamin Lesser describes arriving on a cattle car at Auschwitz.
Episode 2 Preview | Surviving the Holocaust
Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in their darkest days.
Journey to the US on the USS Henry Gibbons
Ben describes running from the Nazis with his family and their journey to the US on the US
Benjamin and Ben Search for Long Lost Friends
Introduction to Benjamin and Ben who are both searching for long lost friends.
Ben Arrives in the US and befriends Seka
Ben describes arriving at the military camp in Oswego and befriending Seka.
Two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights.
Two men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Cuba.
Korean War veterans look for fellow servicemen from nearly 70 years ago.
Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in their darkest days.
