Learning about the Holocaust
Understanding the Impact
A Survivor’s Perspective from Mendek’s Sister, Bronia
NY Holocaust survivor returns to Auschwitz for first time with IDF officers
As anti-Semitism makes news, a new exhibition revisits the lessons of the Holocaust
Myra’s Article on Her Mother’s Rescue
Holocaust rescue 70 years ago left scars now beginning to heal
Videos: Mendek’s Sister, Bronia, Shares Her Experience
▶️ Terrors of the Nazi occupation
Memories of the traumatic night the Nazis threatened her father in his hardware store in Jaworzno, Poland.
▶️ The roundup
Being captured and then escaping from Nazi guards in Jaworzno, Poland.
▶️ Mendek becomes a Nazi slave labor prisoner
Memories of her brother, "the superhero."
▶️ Bronia trusts individuals, but not humanity.
The impact of living through the Holocaust.
▶️ Reflections on Mendek’s Writing & Healing Journey
Thoughts on Mendek's writing and how his inner journey both mirrored and differed from Bronia’s.
Mendek’s Displaced Persons Card