ROSE & JACK BEIGLEMAN , 205
30 x 40 x 4 in (h x w x d)
Watercolor

Rose & Jack Beigelman: " One should not stand in silence when seeing suffering, because one day can be you in that place". Both Rose and Jack are Jewish Holocaust survivors. They grew up in Poland and were preteens when the Nazis entered Poland in September 1939. They describe their youth, until that time, as not so different from life here in America. Then they were forced, first Jack into the ghetto of Lodz and Rose into the ghetto of Srodula in Sosnowiec, and then into concentration camps, Jack into Auschwitz and Rose into Oberalstadt. Both told of the severe tragedy of losing loved ones. Rose was more fortunate than Jack. She was incarcerated with her sisters, and they remained alive. All of Jack’s family was murdered at Auschwitz. After the war they were sent as orphans by the United Nations Relief Agency to the Bronx, New York, and later Jack was placed in a foster home in Cleveland and Rose was placed with relatives, also in Cleveland. Each of them married, had children, and, after their spouses died and because they were longtime friends, Jack and Rose married. Most of their close friends also were Holocaust survivors, and both Jack and Rose were activists in giving out the word that THERE SHOULD BE NO HATE IN THE WORLD. They have moved to Florida and once again wish to make the statement that “one should not stand in silence when seeing suffering, because some day it might be you in that place.” Rose and Jack have been spokespersons for this purpose in schools and in Broward Community College. They attribute their survival to luck, to staying out of trouble, and to the attitude that tomorrow will be a better day. When we speak to students about the Holocaust, our last statement is: When my voice will be silent, I want you to speak up for me. When someone denies the Holocaust, I want you to tell them that you met a Holocaust survivor, and you heard her/him speak about what happened to her/him. In this portrait of Rose and Jack, Dr. Siegel included their childhood photographs of memorabilia.

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