Quad Cities Holocaust Board of Education meets Eva Schloss, survivor of Auschwitz and step-
Eva Schloss with her mother and her children and step-father, Otto Frank.
Eva with Ida Kramer (Quad Cities Holocaust Expert) and Eva with Deb Bowen
Holocuast Remembrance Speaker Yanina Ballerina with Esther Avruch
Esther Katz with Yanina Ballerina (both survivors of Auschwitz)
Yanina Ballerina - Before and After the War
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Isador Katz - Freedom Fighter
Esther & Isador Katz of Rock Island, Illinois
Esther Katz's grandmother died in the cattle car on the way to Auschwitz. Esther asked to make sure she was remembered. Remember Faye Goldstein.
Esther Katz with student Cassie Bowen
Left: Esther & Saul Avruch met in Displaced Persons Camp where they married and had their first child.
Right: Esther Avruch's baby girl.
Esther Avruch and Deb Bowen and
Cassie Bowen (A TRUE STORY BY ME)
Esther Avruch with Cassie, Joshua, Michael and Deb Bowen
Esther Avruch loved by the children in Waco Schools, Iowa
Esther Schiff (left) with a farm family in Germany during the war.
Saul & Esther Schiff many years after the war - with their family.
Esther Schiff and Esther Avruch cut the barb wire at the opening of the Anne Frank exhibit at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa.
Left: Saul & Esther Schiff with Marcello from Brazil (grandson of a survivor) at Tri Cities Jewish Center in Rock Island, Illinois.
Right: Esther Schiff with young author Michael Bowen.
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Jesse Crawford (A Boy Called Jesse) and his brother during the war.
Jack Welner of Denver CO, a survivor of Auschwitz with his friend and Deb Bowen.
Deb promised to find a young author to tell his story for the book project. It is in the works today!
Dr. Ralph Troll tells his story at University of Illinois Extension Office in Milan, IL
Joshua, Cassie and Michael Bowen are present.
Univeristy of Illinois YOUniversity summer writing project participants with Ralph Troll.
Ralph Trolls holds the star worn by his mother in a Nazi concentration camp.