Holocaust

Mila’s Story: They Can Never Erase Them

By Shira Lankin Sheps | January 27, 2022

In Honor of International Holocaust Day: Mila’s Story: Mila grew up in southern Poland, in a town called Chrzanow. Her…

Life in the Ghetto and Journey to Auschwitz- Excerpt from the Story of Leah Klein

By Shira Lankin Sheps | April 7, 2021

“The Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in March 1944. The first thing they did was to take away the Jewish work permits.…

Remembering Olly & Mimmi

By Shira Lankin Sheps | April 21, 2020

I had just walked through Auschwitz- Birkenau and seen things that I could never have imagined in my worst nightmares.…

Talking About Genocide on the Playground

By Shira Lankin Sheps | May 6, 2018

Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my Shabbat nap to my eight-year-old daughter standing over my bed. Her face was…

The Legacy of Being Safe-Enough

By Gavi Lankin | April 22, 2018

I am five years old and hiding with all of my loved ones in the basement of our childhood home.…

We’re Making Aliyah

By Shira Lankin Sheps | April 18, 2018

I’ve been hesitant to say this out loud. I was afraid that this precious dream, so close that I can…

Amazing Journey, Metamorphosis of a Hidden Child

By Felicia Graber | March 12, 2018

Tarnów, Poland 1940 to 1942 My only connection to those two years are my father’s and mother’s stories. My mother…

Mila’s Story: You Can Never Erase Them

By Shira Lankin Sheps | February 4, 2018

Introduction When our team at The Layers Project Magazine decided to feature a Holocaust survivor in a special edition profile,…