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A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FROM
AVENTURA HAS BEEN TELLING HER
STORY TO A CREW FROM STEVEN
SPIELBERG’S FOUNDATION AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
>> THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW
FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ASK THAT
SURVIVOR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
SHE EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS
OF THE NAZIS.
OUR SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER
MICHAEL PUTNEY HAS MORE FROM
THE NEWSROOM.
>> JENISE AND LOUIS, THE
TECHNOLOGY THEY’RE USING IS
AMAZING.
REALLY BREATH TAKING.
IT WILL ALLOW HER TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS FROM FUTURE
GENERATIONS ABOUT HER
HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES, HER
STORY IS HARROWING BUT
ULTIMATELY HOPE FUL HOPEFUL.
>> I REALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY THERE IS HATE.
>> STELLA FROM AVENTURA IS
TELLING HER HOLOCAUST SURVIVAL
STORY ON CAMERA.
IN FACT, SEVERAL CAMERAS.
SO FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN
ASKING HER QUESTIONS.
I WAS BORN IN POLAND IN WARSAW
IN 1935.
SO WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT, I
WAS 4 YEARS OLD.
>> SHE’S 86, BUT HER MIND IS
SHARP AND MEMORIES VIVID FROM
HER CHILDHOOD IN WARSAW WHERE
HER FAMILY WAS FORCED TO LIVE
IN THE JEWISH GHETTO BY THE
NAZIS.
>> THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR
LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS SITTING
ALWAYS LIKE AGAINST THE WALL
AND THE LITTLE BROTHER WAS
SITTING, THE LITTLE BABY LIKE
MAYBE 2 YEARS OLD.
IN 1943, AFTER THOUSANDS OF
JEWS HAD BEEN SHIPPED, THE
JEWS REVOLTED.
THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING
BEGAN.
>> WHEN THE GHETTO WAS
BURNING, MY FATHER WAS STILL
IN GHETTO AND I REMEMBER THE
WHOLE SKY WAS SO RED.
AND IT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU SEE A
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET, RED SKY HERE
IN FLORIDA, THAT’S HOW RED IT
WAS.
I KNEW THAT MY PARENTS ARE
THERE, MY FAMILY.
>> STELLA’S PARENTS BRIBED
SOME POLISH FIREMEN TO GET
THEIR UNIFORMS AND ESCAPED.
STELLA WAS ALREADY LIVING
OUTSIDE WITH A GENTILE FAMILY,
POSING AS AN ORPHAN NAMED
STASHA.
HER 13-YEAR-OLD BROTHER NOT SO
LUCKY, HE WAS PICKED UP ON THE
STREET BY THE NAZIS.
>> THEY KILLED MY BROTHER THAT
DAY, THAT NIGHT.
>> HOW DID YOU FINALLY SURVIVE
THIS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE?
>> SO I WAS ROLLING FROM ONE
FAMILY TO ANOTHER, LIKE FOSTER
CHILD.
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, 9 YEARS
OLD.
>> CUTE LITTLE POLISH GIRL.
>> CUTE LITTLE LIAR.
[laughter]
>> I WAS REALLY LIVING NOT
ONLY HIDDEN PHYSICALLY, BUT
HIDDEN MENTALLY.
>> STELLA’S STORY IS RIVETING.
SHE SPENT THREE DAYS TELLING
IT TO THE FOUNDATION WHICH
WILL TURN IT INTO AN
INTERACTIVE BIOGRAPHY.
>> IT REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO
STILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
A SURVIVAL OR TO APPROXIMATE
THAT EVEN ARFTER THE SURVIVORS
ARE NO LONGER HERE TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION.
>> THIS WILL LIVE ON IN
PERPETUITY.
>> THE WORLD WOULD BE SO MUCH
MORE WONDERFUL IF THERE WOULD
BE LOVE.
>> STELLA’S SPIRIT IS
UNDIMINISHED BY THE HORRORS
SHE SUFFERED IN THE HOLOCAUST.
BUT SHE SEES DISTURBING
PARALLELS IN UKRAINE.
>> TO ME, NEVER AGAIN IS
REALLY THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW
SOMEBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT IT
EXISTED AND IF YOU’RE NOT
CAREFUL AND YOU’RE NOT
STANDING BY AND DON’T SAY
ANYTHING, IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> STELLA’S TESTIMONY IS GOING
TO JOIN THE TESTIMONIES OF
2300 SOUTH FLORIDA HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS.
THEIR RECOLLECTIONS WERE JUST
GIVEN TO THE FOUNDATION THANKS
TO ITS COLLABORATION WITH THE
HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND
EDUCATION CENTER IN DANIA
BEACH.
FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A BOARD
MEMBER THERE.
PROUD TO BE.
MICHAEL PUTNEY, LOCAL 10 NEWS.