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Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Toby Levy (then Toby Eisenstein) was born in 1933. That year, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. As Toby grew up, Hitler got more control. And when she was 8 years old, Hitler’s army reached her hometown of Chodorow, Poland.

Toby and her family were Jewish. Hitler and his army were killing Jewish people. This terrible time was called the Holocaust. Toby saw Jewish people taken from her town. She went into hiding with her family.

Toby and eight members of her extended family briefly hid in their home. Her grandfather refused to hide, however. The Germans found him and shot him. Soon, Toby’s family found another place to hide. They began hiding in a barn.

The family spent two years in the barn. Toby was there with her parents, her aunt and uncle, her grandmother, and three brothers and sisters. They lived with pigs and chickens. The Levy family was liberated in 1944.

Ms. Levy is now 87 years old. She lives in New York City. As a survivor of the Holocaust, she wants to share her story with others. News-O-Matic will interview her.

Do you have questions? Ms. Levy would like to hear them. She will answer questions for Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. Send them to the News-O-Matic News Room. A teacher can also send to them to ask@newsomatic.org.

Updated January 12, 2021, 5:01 P.M. (ET)
By Russell Kahn (Russ)

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Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Interview a Survivor

Send questions for a woman who lived through the Holocaust.

Toby Levy (then Toby Eisenstein) was born in 1933. That year, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. As Toby grew up, Hitler got more control. And when she was 8 years old, Hitler’s army reached her hometown of Chodorow, Poland.

Toby and her family were Jewish. Hitler and his army were killing Jewish people. This terrible time was called the Holocaust. Toby saw Jewish people taken from her town. She went into hiding with her family.

Toby and eight members of her extended family briefly hid in their home. Her grandfather refused to hide, however. The Germans found him and shot him. Soon, Toby’s family found another place to hide. They began hiding in a barn.

The family spent two years in the barn. Toby was there with her parents, her aunt and uncle, her grandmother, and three brothers and sisters. They lived with pigs and chickens. The Levy family was in 1944.

Ms. Levy is now 87 years old. She lives in New York City. As a survivor of the Holocaust, she wants to share her story with others. News-O-Matic will interview her.

Do you have questions? Ms. Levy would like to hear them. She will answer questions for Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. Send them to the News-O-Matic News Room. A teacher can also send to them to ask@newsomatic.org.

Updated January 12, 2021, 5:01 P.M. (ET)
By Russell Kahn (Russ)

Around the World

Interview a Survivor

Send questions for a woman who lived through the Holocaust.

Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Toby Levy in 1945 | with a photo of her grandfather

Toby Levy (then Toby Eisenstein) was born in 1933. That year, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. As Toby grew up, Hitler got more control. And when she was 8 years old, Hitler’s army reached her hometown of Chodorow, Poland.

Toby and her family were Jewish. Hitler and his army were killing Jewish people. This terrible time was called the Holocaust. Toby saw Jewish people taken from her town. She went into hiding with her family.

Toby and eight members of her extended family briefly hid in their home. Her grandfather refused to hide, however. The Germans found him and shot him. Soon, Toby’s family found another place to hide. They began hiding in a barn.

The family spent two years in the barn. Toby was there with her parents, her aunt and uncle, her grandmother, and three brothers and sisters. They lived with pigs and chickens. The Levy family was in 1944.

Ms. Levy is now 87 years old. She lives in New York City. As a survivor of the Holocaust, she wants to share her story with others. News-O-Matic will interview her.

Do you have questions? Ms. Levy would like to hear them. She will answer questions for Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. Send them to the News-O-Matic News Room. A teacher can also send to them to ask@newsomatic.org.

Updated January 12, 2021, 5:01 P.M. (ET)
By Russell Kahn (Russ)

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