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Mark Kupfer

Mark Kupfer was born in November 1929 in Nowy Korczyn, Poland- the second youngest of nine children. During the Nazi invasion, the Kupfer family hid in a bunker to avoid the round-ups, but they were...

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Lucie (Burian) Liebman

Lucie (Burian) Liebman was born in 1927 in Vienna, Austria. After the Nazi invasion in March 1938, Lucie, her brother Paul, and their parents moved to Czechoslovakia. Paul was sent to Scotland on the...

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Itzhak Kotkowski

Itzhak Kotkowski was born on December 25, 1921 in Warsaw, Poland. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, Itzhak decided to leave Poland. He was arrested in 1940 by the Communists on suspicion of being an...

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Henry Kellen

Henry Kellen was born in Lodz, Poland in 1915. His family- parents Moses and Helena, sister Sonia, and brother Moniek- moved to Lithuania while Henry earned his degree in France. In 1941, Lithuania...

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Tibor Schaechner

Tibor Schaechner was born in 1928 in Budapest, Hungary to Alexander and Sara Schaechner. In 1944, Hungary was occupied, and men were sent to forced labor. Tibor was assigned to the Shell Refinery...

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All People Have Voice: Going Down the Maus Hole

Join us on Thursday, March 6th at 6pm for a presentation by Dr. Ezra Cappell! Dr. Cappell will be joining us in person and will speak on Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale, with a discussion on the role of...

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FORE! UNITee Topgolf Event

EPHM’s 6th Annual FORE! UNITee Event at Topgolf El Paso. Join us for an afternoon of golf games, food, drinks, and fun competition for family and friends of all ages!  Sunday, April 6th – 3pm to 6pm...

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Thelma Krugman

Thelma Krugman was born on February 14, 1927 in Sowina, Poland to Abraham and Faiga Krieger. Thelma had six sisters and one brother. In 1939, the Krieger family was taken from their farm but allowed...

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Sara (Rozen) Hauptman

Sara (Rozen) Hauptman was born on August 15, 1918 in Laskarzew, Poland but grew up in Brussels, Belgium with her parents, eight brothers, and two sisters. Sara married Nathan Hauptman in 1938 and had...

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Olga (Steinberger) Bowman

Olga (Steinberger) Bowman was born on April 8, 1927 in Pacin, Hungary. She grew up in a Jewish home with her parents, older twin brothers and sister. In 1942, Olga left her family to go to school in...

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Mark Kupfer

Mark Kupfer was born in November 1929 in Nowy Korczyn, Poland- the second youngest of nine children. During the Nazi invasion, the Kupfer family hid in a bunker to avoid the round-ups, but they were...

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Lucie (Burian) Liebman

Lucie (Burian) Liebman was born in 1927 in Vienna, Austria. After the Nazi invasion in March 1938, Lucie, her brother Paul, and their parents moved to Czechoslovakia. Paul was sent to Scotland on the...

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Itzhak Kotkowski

Itzhak Kotkowski was born on December 25, 1921 in Warsaw, Poland. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, Itzhak decided to leave Poland. He was arrested in 1940 by the Communists on suspicion of being an...

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Henry Kellen

Henry Kellen was born in Lodz, Poland in 1915. His family- parents Moses and Helena, sister Sonia, and brother Moniek- moved to Lithuania while Henry earned his degree in France. In 1941, Lithuania...

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Tibor Schaechner

Tibor Schaechner was born in 1928 in Budapest, Hungary to Alexander and Sara Schaechner. In 1944, Hungary was occupied, and men were sent to forced labor. Tibor was assigned to the Shell Refinery...

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All People Have Voice: Going Down the Maus Hole

Join us on Thursday, March 6th at 6pm for a presentation by Dr. Ezra Cappell! Dr. Cappell will be joining us in person and will speak on Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale, with a discussion on the role of...

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Image may be NSFW.
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FORE! UNITee Topgolf Event

EPHM’s 6th Annual FORE! UNITee Event at Topgolf El Paso. Join us for an afternoon of golf games, food, drinks, and fun competition for family and friends of all ages!  Sunday, April 6th – 3pm to 6pm...

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