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__**Nathan Harviala**__ []

Rabbi Baruch G.

I am Rabbi Baruch G., and I am a survivor of the Holocaust. I was the oldest of three siblings. I was on break from my studies one summer when Poland was invaded. We were all scared and hungry, but we were together, so things didn't seem too bad. I was working as a bricklayer the first time I got beaten. I was laying down bricks, when a guard came over, and beat me for laying them wrong, even though I had not been given instructions on how to lay them. That seemed monstrously unfair to me. In 1940, we were deported to Lubartow, but I was smuggled back in that very same summer. I had my mother and brother smuggled in as well, but I could not get in my father or sister. I never heard from them again after that. We stayed in a ghetto for 2 years under extremely difficult conditions, and in 1942, we were moved to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, my brother and mother were gassed, and I was sent back to work as a bricklayer. In 1945, I was moved plenty of times. I was sent to Buchenwald, then Ohrdruf, Crawinkel, and finally back to Buchenwald. I was put on a train on April 10th, but do I not remember it, so bad was my condition, I was liberated about 3 weeks after. My time in the camp was a horrid one. I was so lonely, my whole family was gone, I felt I had nothing left in the world. Such as it is, I bear the scars from the camp to this day, both physical and spiritual. I moved to the United States, where I married and had a son. I try to teach people about my experiences, so that history may not repeat itself in what may have been its darkest chapter.

Survivor of lymphoma My name is Robbie Robinson. I am a survivor of lymphoma. Back in later 2001, I was cramping up and growing steadily weaker, but simply dismissed it, thinking it was simply stress from working and caring for my family. In January the next year, I went to see my internist, who performed the regular checkups and said I was fine, except for a small digestive issue. I asked for further tests, explaining that my brother-in-law was misdiagnosed with cancer. 10 days later, I got a call, saying that I did have cancer, but they couldn’t tell what kind yet. I talked to a friend, who suggested I use CTCA, a company he went to when he had cancer. I called them, and someone answered, called back that same day, and delivered a package on information the next day. I was satisfied to see that someone was finally taking this seriously! I went there, and they had done in a week what had taken the first place I went to much longer. I was subjected to chemotherapy for eight months, and then five days of radiation for five weeks after that. I finally fought it off, with the help of the care team in charge of my welfare. Now, I walk in marathons to raise money and awareness for blood cancers. []

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