.IT
.IT HELPS
.IT HELPS TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING EVEN SOMETHING
TRAUMATIC AND MADE IT TO
THE OTHER SIDE. I WANT TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU A VERY SPECIAL
WOMAN WHO WILL BE SPEAKING LIVE
TONIGHT ON FACEBOOK. HER NAME
IS GABRIELLE KAREN. SHE'S A
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. SHE
EVENTUALLY MOVED HERE TO
THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME AN
ARTIST AND SHE'S JOINING THIS
MORNING WITH MORE ON HER STORY.
FIRST OF ALL, GABRIELLE. GOOD
MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I'M SO
GLAD TO HEAR YOU. GOT IT. I'M
SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU THIS
MORNING. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR
YOU TO SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY.
YOU SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AS A
CHILD. YES, I WAS A KID THEN
DAVE OLIVER STARTED I WAS 14.
THEN I GOT A FREE PERSON AGAIN
.WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
GABRIELLA? AND I KNOW YOUR
STORY IS QUITE EXTENSIVE BUT A
FEW DETAILS OF WHAT YOU
REMEMBER DURING THAT TIME. IT
WAS 1944. WE HAD TO GO IN A
COMPLETE HIDING. IT MEANT WE
COULDN'T GO OUT THERE HIDDEN BY
A GENTLEMAN NAMED CAROL
BLANCHARD HAD IT IN HIS HEART
TO HIDE EIGHT PEOPLE. AND IF
YOU CAN IMAGINE YOURSELF FOR
NINE MONTHS SITTING ON A CHAIR
NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND AND
NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND
THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS TO
READ I I THINK OF YOU,
GABRIELLA, DURING THAT NINE
MONTH PERIOD WHERE YOU WERE
SHELTERED AND YOU WERE UNDER
LOCKDOWN TO CIRCUMSTANCES WE
COULD NEVER IMAGINE EVEN GOING
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. HOW DID
YOU MAKE THROUGH THAT WITH ANY
SENSE OF SANITY AT THE END
SOMEHOW READING THE BOOKS,
HISTORY BOOKS? IT GAVE ME A
HOPE BECAUSE EVERY VOTE WAS
FINISHED ONE DAY IT WAS
THE FINISHED ALSO AND I AM
BOUND TO TELL YOU THAT
EVERYTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY
FROM YOU. EVEN THAT CLOSE YOU
THERE BUT NOBODY CAN TAKE FROM
YOU THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEAD.
YOU JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING
THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME.
EVERYTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY.
EVERYTHING CAN CHANGE. BUT
THE HISTORY BOOKS THAT YOU READ
SHOWS THAT EVEN THE TOUGH TIMES
EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END
SOMETIMES VERY HARD TIMES THAT
DAY. AND THEN TURNING 30 IS
THOSE THAT YOU MOVED TO ANGELUS
YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND BECAME A
FASHION DESIGNER AND LATER AN
ARTIST. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT. THOSE FIRST MOVED.
I GOT MARRIED. I WAS 17. WE
WENT TO IS. I LIVE. DID YOU
LIVE IS. CAN DO UNITED STATES
IN 1960. A LITTLE BOY. HE WAS
TWO YEAR OLD MADE. YOU ARE A
SUCCESS. YOU'RE SHARING YOUR
STORY. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO
AN ART SCULPTOR AND YOUR PIECES
ARE NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL BUT ALSO
VERY INSPIRING REALLY. HOW CAN
YOU INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE WHO
FEEL TRAPPED RIGHT NOW AND FEEL
UNCERTAIN ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND
TO BELIEVE IT? YOU SEE AND YOU
HAVE A MUCH BETTER WORLD.
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BE SO
KIND TO EACH AS A THE NEIGHBORS
.I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEM. THEY
TRIED TO HEAD IT'S CHANGING.
PEOPLE WILL BE KINDER. THAT'S
AN INCREDIBLE THOUGHT BECAUSE
WHEN WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
SOMETHING IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO SEE THE END. BUT YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH ALL SIDES OF HISTORY
AND YOU KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY
EVEN TOUGH TIMES COME TO AN
END. GABRIELLA KARIN, A
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR DON'T MISS
HER MESSAGE TONIGHT. AGAIN,
IT'S ON THE UCSD HELLO FACEBOOK
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