Episode 7 - Leon Pommers

Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust by Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Jan 28, 202100:29:09Education

Fleeing Warsaw ahead of the invading Nazis, concert pianist Leon Pommers was propelled into a perilous journey around the world in hopes of reuniting with his sister in America.

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