Gerda Frieberg was born in Upper Silesia, Poland in 1925. In October 1939, her father was taken away. In 1940, Gerda, her mother, and sister were deported to the Jaworzno Ghetto. In 1942, she was sent to the Oberaltstadt concentration camp,where her sister was interned. Her mother joined them in 1943. Gerda worked in the machine shop of a spinning mill until liberation on May 9, 1945. After immigrating to Canada, Gerda dedicated herself to Holocaust education, and to a host of human rights causes.
She visited us at Crestwood in October 2013, when she was interviewed by Jake Pascoe, Alex Hobart, and Sifana Jalal. We were again fortunate to host Gerda in February 2017, when she spoke to the Mr. Birrell’s English 8 class, and did a follow up interview where Michael Steinberg, Jonas Weissland and Arielle Meyer took the lead.
Videos
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- 1. 2017 - Gerda Frieberg - Childhood.mp4
- 1a. Gerda Frieberg - Introduction and Childhood.mp4
- 2a. 2017 - School.mp4
- 2c. 2017 - The 1936 Berlin Olympics, Pt 2.mp4
- 2. Somebody's Daughter .mp4
- 2b. 2017 - The 1936 Berlin Olympics.mp4
- 3d. 2017 - The Beginning of the War in Poland.mp4
- 3c. 2017 - The Rise of Nazism, Pt. 2.mp4
- 3b. 2017 - The Rise of Nazism.mp4
- 3a. 2017 - Deported.mp4
- 3. Nazi Control .mp4
- 4. A Shattered Dream.mp4
- 4a. 2017 - 1941.mp4
- 5a. 2017 - The Holding Camp.mp4
- 5. The Ghetto .mp4
- 6a. 2017 - Life in the Camps.mp4
- 6. The Camp.mp4
- 7. Back with her Sister .mp4
- 7a. 2017 - Trying to Survive.mp4
- 8. Reuniting with her Mother .mp4
- 8a. 2017 - Hope.mp4
- 9. Some Hope in the Camp.mp4
- 10. Liberation .mp4
- 11. The Camp Liberation.mp4
- 12. The Reality of Liberation.mp4
- 12a. 2017 - Life after the War.mp4
- 13. Afraid to Leave the Camp.mp4
- 13a. 2017 - Nazi Rebels.mp4
- 14. Hope and Faith.mp4
- 15. Hope and Faith, continued.mp4
- 16a. 2017 - Remembrance and Resettlement.mp4
- 16a. 2017 - The War Is Over.mp4
- 16b. 2017 - Remembrance and Resettlement, Pt. 2.mp4
- 16. Not Belonging.mp4
- 17. Kristallnacht.mp4
- 18. Anti-Semitism and Nazi Occupation.mp4
- 19. Religion.mp4
- 20. Remaining Family.mp4
- 21. A Promise.mp4
- 21a. 2017 - The Will to Survive.mp4
- 22. B'nai Brith Women.mp4
- 23. Advocacy of Holocaust Awareness.mp4
- 24. Postwar Experiences.mp4
- 25. From Bratislava to Austria to Israel.mp4
- 26a. 2017 - Coming to Canada.mp4
- 26. Gerda's Emigration to Canada.mp4
- 27. Family after the Holocaust; March of the Living.mp4
- 28. Gerda's Return to Germany; Thoughts on Film.mp4
- 29. Gerda's Message to Youth in Canada.mp4
- 30. 2017 - Taking Action.mp4
- 31. 2017 - Memories of Family through Photographs.mp4
- 32. 2017 - Life is a Gift; A Life in Photographs.mp4
- 33. 2017 - A Life in Photographs, Pt. 2.mp4
