A multimedia presentation based on John Menszer’s archive of interviews, photographs, recordings, and personal documents. Through the voices and memories of Holocaust survivors who made New Orleans their home, the presentation explores survival, displacement, memory, and the rebuilding of life after the war.
Shep Zitler
How the New Americans Social Club Began
Hitler
Joseph Sher
Coming to America
Marriage-Murder
Chief of Gestapo’s Dog
Eva Galler
Elaine Menszer to Train-Jump
Parents
Disguised Married
Eva Galler's Poems
Jimmy Carter
Israel Trip
Genik Geven Politik
Thank You
Interviewing the Holocaust Survivors
A Multimedia Presentation by John Menszer
I want to express my heartfelt thanks to:
Amit Hai Cohen
Video director
Ofir Mizrahi
Website design & development
Chip, Carol & Rebecca
Professional Color Services
Yelena Shmulenson
Actor Yiddish Recitation
Yankl Salant
Yiddish Translation
The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
The New Orleans Jewish Community Center
The MJ Sindler Family Fund for Culture & Media
And to the other donors who made this possible.
A special thanks to my mother, Elaine Fine Menszer, who inspired me. And to the Holocaust Survivors and their families who welcomed me into their lives, shared often painful memories and became my friends.