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Episode 361 — Legacy Chronicles
Guest: Sharon Feder | Host: Donna Rosenblum
In this deeply human episode of Legacy Chronicles, Director of Education Donna Rosenblum sits down with second-generation survivor Sharon Feder to explore the extraordinary arc of one woman’s journey — from a 14-year-old Hungarian girl deported to Auschwitz to a resilient mother who rebuilt her life in America.
Sharon shares her mother’s harrowing experiences: deportation, separation from siblings, forced labor, death marches, liberation, displacement, and the painful silence that followed. But she also reveals something unexpected — how her mother’s survival became a blueprint for gratitude, meaning, and choosing kindness over bitterness.
As Sharon reflects on discovering her mother’s full story through Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation testimony, she uncovers how trauma shaped her childhood — and how understanding it transformed her into a storyteller, educator, and bridge-builder for the next generation.
This episode is not just about history — it’s about the legacy of resilience, the cost of silence, the healing power of truth, and the sacred responsibility of remembrance.
A moving conversation about survival, identity, forgiveness, and the profound impact a single story can make on students, families, and the world.
Listen, share, and carry forward the lesson Sharon’s mother lived by:
Kindness should always be your first choice.