Comments on: Goodbye to a survivor http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/ Religion news with an Oklahoma angle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: raegan http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-8126 raegan Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:32:57 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-8126 Im a high school student.. im a senior and in history we are learing about this. i have always wanted to learn about it. and meet some one. Im a high school student.. im a senior and in history we are learing about this. i have always wanted to learn about it. and meet some one.

]]> By: Susi Baldwin http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 Susi Baldwin Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:57:50 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-5006 I remember your mother, Mike, and her brother and father through her memories.I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to stumble over this website but I'm nit very good with computers. I'm thinking of you, Joan and the kids, but mostly of your incredible mother and her father who still touches my heart when I think about a tear on every brick. I'd love to hear from you if you oick this up. I remember your mother, Mike, and her brother and father through her memories.I’m sorry it’s taken so long for me to stumble over this website but I’m nit very good with computers. I’m thinking of you, Joan and the kids, but mostly of your incredible mother and her father who still touches my heart when I think about a tear on every brick. I’d love to hear from you if you oick this up.

]]> By: Brianna Jetton http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Brianna Jetton Sat, 17 May 2008 21:10:25 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-136 I had read the story about Manya's and Meyer's life in the Holocaust. I was shocked to know what had happened to them but so amazed that they both survived and so in love. I have always been so interested in History and especially the Holocaust and I'm only 14. I would like to speak w/ somebody about Auschwitz. I need information and I know that Manya survived the camp. I had read the story about Manya’s and Meyer’s life in the Holocaust. I was shocked to know what had happened to them but so amazed that they both survived and so in love. I have always been so interested in History and especially the Holocaust and I’m only 14. I would like to speak w/ somebody about Auschwitz. I need information and I know that Manya survived the camp.

]]> By: Darlina Laughlin http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Darlina Laughlin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:21:59 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-78 What a wonderful peice of history we have in the survivors of the Death and labor camps of World War ll. I have enjoyed listening and reading about the experiences of these survivors. They are all unique in their own way and should be shared with the rest of the world. Maybe we can learn something from these people that have suvived the most horrific of all human conditions. The Holocaust was a time in history that we should learn from so that it could never be repeated again. I believe that preserving the experiences in any way possible would be a valuable asset to future generations after all the survivors have gone. What a wonderful peice of history we have in the survivors of the Death and labor camps of World War ll. I have enjoyed listening and reading about the experiences of these survivors. They are all unique in their own way and should be shared with the rest of the world. Maybe we can learn something from these people that have suvived the most horrific of all human conditions. The Holocaust was a time in history that we should learn from so that it could never be repeated again. I believe that preserving the experiences in any way possible would be a valuable asset to future generations after all the survivors have gone.

]]> By: Anne-Marie Oestriecher http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Anne-Marie Oestriecher Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:26:35 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-77 My heartfelt grief goes out to all the members of the Korenblit family. I've been honored these past few years to have Michael speak to my 8th grade students about the horrors of the Holocaust. However, what comes through the strongest is the incredible bond of love between Manya and Meyer. Through that love, they taught their children to believe in tolerance and respect for all people. Their children carry forth that message in the hopes that atrocities, such as the Holocaust, will never happen again. Anne-Marie Oestriecher Oklahoma City My heartfelt grief goes out to all the members of the Korenblit family. I’ve been honored these past few years to have Michael speak to my 8th grade students about the horrors of the Holocaust. However, what comes through the strongest is the incredible bond of love between Manya and Meyer. Through that love, they taught their children to believe in tolerance and respect for all people. Their children carry forth that message in the hopes that atrocities, such as the Holocaust, will never happen again.

Anne-Marie Oestriecher
Oklahoma City

]]> By: Shea Newport http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Shea Newport Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:32:03 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-76 Thank you for posting this. I come from Ponca City myself and we are proud to have had her in our city. Her unique and amazing story can be read in the book written by her son entitled 'Until We Meet Again". It is truly one of those books you read that changes your life and your perspective-- for the better. Manya will always be remembered for the amazing person she truly is. Shea Newport Ponca City ,OK Thank you for posting this. I come from Ponca City myself and we are proud to have had her in our city. Her unique and amazing story can be read in the book written by her son entitled ‘Until We Meet Again”. It is truly one of those books you read that changes your life and your perspective– for the better. Manya will always be remembered for the amazing person she truly is.

Shea Newport
Ponca City ,OK

]]> By: Robert Pirog http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Robert Pirog Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:27:30 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/religionandvalues/2008/04/25/goodbye-to-a-survivor/#comment-75 There are more survivors in OKC. There is an 85 year old living in the Baptist Retirement Center off Council and NW HWY who also survived the Holocaust. As an orphan, she was forced into various labor camps when the Germans invaded Poland. After several escapes and assaulting and SS Officer she was put into the camp at Ravensbruck. Unlike Mrs. Korenblit she and 4 other girls chose not to be liberated by the Russians and started an odyssey across Germany in search of the the British and American front lines. Only three girls made it. I know this remarkable lady because she is my Mother. She has always been reluctant to talk about this part of her life. She has the scar on her arm where the number used to be and said it was burned off by an iron. I have the documentation with her ID number. She did not wear a star of david but rather a triangle with a "P" for Political Prisoner. Because of her reluctance to talk her failing hearing and eyesight I still have only bits and peices of that part of her life. But there is a whole other part of the Holocaust that seldom gets told because the Jews have made it their cause much to the exclusion of the rest of the survivors. When my Mother showed up at the British lines she was malnurished had Typhus and the Officer in charge couldn't beleive she was still alive. But she is a survivor. The rest of her life is just as much a story of survival. Unlike many religious prisoners she never asked or received any compensation for her internment. Her childhood and any chance for an education was stolen from her. Still she raised three boys by herself and to this day refuses help values her freedom and independence. She is a survivor and I'm very proud of her. Bob Pirog, Yukon, OK There are more survivors in OKC. There is an 85 year old living in the Baptist Retirement Center off Council and NW HWY who also survived the Holocaust. As an orphan, she was forced into various labor camps when the Germans invaded Poland. After several escapes and assaulting and SS Officer she was put into the camp at Ravensbruck. Unlike Mrs. Korenblit she and 4 other girls chose not to be liberated by the Russians and started an odyssey across Germany in search of the the British and American front lines. Only three girls made it. I know this remarkable lady because she is my Mother. She has always been reluctant to talk about this part of her life. She has the scar on her arm where the number used to be and said it was burned off by an iron. I have the documentation with her ID number. She did not wear a star of david but rather a triangle with a “P” for Political Prisoner. Because of her reluctance to talk her failing hearing and eyesight I still have only bits and peices of that part of her life. But there is a whole other part of the Holocaust that seldom gets told because the Jews have made it their cause much to the exclusion of the rest of the survivors. When my Mother showed up at the British lines she was malnurished had Typhus and the Officer in charge couldn’t beleive she was still alive. But she is a survivor. The rest of her life is just as much a story of survival. Unlike many religious prisoners she never asked or received any compensation for her internment. Her childhood and any chance for an education was stolen from her. Still she raised three boys by herself and to this day refuses help values her freedom and independence. She is a survivor and I’m very proud of her.
Bob Pirog,
Yukon, OK

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