North Carolina is and has been the home to over 350 Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The first wave of refugees came in the 1930s after the rise of Adolf Hitler. These resource lists intend to both honor these individuals and provide resources to teachers and students who wish to learn more about them.
I realize there are refugees and survivors that I may not have included. If that is the case, please notify me so that I can add their name and experience to these documents. If you have information on any of these refugees and survivors that I have omitted, please let me know so that I can add it.
There are several Holocaust Survivors that I have had the honor of meeting and working with. I am a better person and educator because of our time together.
This work is dedicated to them;
Gizella Abramson
Michael Berkowicz
Zohara Boyd
Susan Cernyak-Spatz
Renée Fink
Morris Glass
Zev Harel
Margot Lobree
Abe Piasek
Bramy Resnik
Alfred Schnog
Peter Stein
Shelly Weiner
Refugees and Holocaust Survivors who Moved to North Carolina Listed by City (or County)
This resource will allow teachers and students to more easily study refugees and survivors who lived in their city, county, or region of North Carolina.
Female Refugees and Holocaust Survivors who moved to North Carolina
This resource is in alphabetical order according to last names. The available resources are all grouped under the person’s name. Please contact me if you have access to other individuals who moved to North Carolina or if you have additional resources to share related to names already in the database. If you come across a broken link, let me know so I can fix it.
Male Refugees and Holocaust Survivors who moved to North Carolina
This resource is in alphabetical order according to last names. The available resources are all grouped under the person’s name. Please contact me if you have access to other individuals who moved to North Carolina or if you have additional resources to share related to names already in the database. If you come across a broken link, let me know so I can fix it.
Locations of Refugees and Survivors During the Nazi Period and the Holocaust
This resource categorizes refugees and survivors who moved to North Carolina by the European nation and city they were born in. There are also listings of the places they lived or were forced to live from 1933 to 1945. There are many cases where individuals are categorized by nation of birth and not city of birth. Please contact me if you have additional information, including areas where these individuals were from 1933 to 1945. One note: once an individual arrived in the US, I did not attempt to find the various states and cities they lived in.
Finding Home Again: Holocaust Survivors in North Carolina (Resources on Survivors)
This resource is in alphabetical order according to last names. These are the 40 female and male refugees and survivors who moved to North Carolina AND are highlighted in the “Finding Home Again” Traveling Exhibit. Please contact me if you have additional resources to share related to names already in this database. If you come across a broken link, let me know so I can fix it.
Selected Groupings of Survivors and Refugees of the Holocaust who moved to North Carolina
This resource is an attempt to group individuals with certain places and events associated with the Rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust. The hope is that it will enable students and teachers to gather a variety of testimony when studying a particular event. For instance, there is testimony from 19 North Carolinians who were hidden during the Holocaust. Also, there are 20 North Carolinians who have testimony regarding the events of the November Pogroms (Kristallnacht).
Gizella Gross Abramson Resource Center 