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Ep 228: Legacy Chronicles – Courage Untold: Jewish Resistance at Auschwitz

In this powerful episode of Legacy Chronicles on hmTv, host Donna Rosenblum sits down with Susan Katz, author of the play Courage Untold, and Allan E. Mallenbaum, founder of the Rosa Robota Foundation, to uncover a little-known story of Jewish resistance at Auschwitz.

Together, they explore the bravery of Rosa Robota and three other young women who risked everything to smuggle gunpowder for the October 7, 1944 uprising—the only successful revolt inside Auschwitz. Allan shares his personal connection as Rosa’s cousin, while Susan reflects on her journey to bring the story to life on stage through interviews with survivors and witnesses.

The conversation also highlights a new educational initiative developed by HMTC, Susan, and Allan: a curriculum package built around Courage Untold that brings Rosa’s story to AP Global classrooms across New York and beyond.

This episode is a moving reminder that resistance during the Holocaust took many forms—armed, spiritual, and cultural—and that even in the darkest times, courage refused to be silenced.

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