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;

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).

North Carolina Responds to the Holocaust Timeline Cards

These timeline cards highlight how events in World War II and the Holocaust were reported in North Carolina newspapers. These cards are styled after the timeline cards created by the United States Holocaust Museum. These cards pair well with the “Americans in the Holocaust” timeline cards. When printing these cards, print front to back, because the back will include a QR code that takes the viewer to the newspaper where the article was taken from.

North Carolina Responds to the Holocaust Timeline Cards II

These timeline cards are the same as the above-mentioned cards, except this set does not have the QR code on the back. This set of cards can be printed front side only.

Birthdays of Survivors who Moved to North Carolina

This is a list (by calendar year) of the birthdays (that I could find) of the Survivors of the Holocaust who moved to North Carolina. As I find birthdays, I will add them to this list.

Geographic Listings of Survivors by Birth City and Nations (also where they were between 1933 and 1945)

This spreadsheet is alphabetical by nation and then city within the nation. It lists the birthplace of the Survivors and also any locations (cities, ghettos, camps, DP camps) that the survivor was in between 1933 and 1947. It is continually being updated and added to.

Teaching Night Through the Testimony of Survivors who Moved to North Carolina

This resource lists the testimony (written, oral, video) of survivors of Auschwitz who moved to North Carolina. It also contains lesson plans.