“We hear that in a lot of survivor stories… saying you’re trained as something, that you’re not in a in a way, to survive.”
This episode of our limited podcast series accompanies the upcoming exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., opening October 2025 at Cincinnati Museum Center. We share the powerful local stories of two survivors: Henry Meyer, a violin prodigy from Dresden whose musical gift became his lifeline, and Bella Ouziel, a young woman from Salonika who endured loss but found strength in camp sisterhood and spiritual resistance. Their journeys of survival and rebuilding in Cincinnati illuminate the resilience of the human spirit.
The upcoming presentation of this international exhibition would not have been possible without the generous support of these community leaders and organizations.
- The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
- The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
- H.B., E.W. & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
- Jacob G. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
- Helen G., Henry F., Louise Tuechter Dornette Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
- The Neil Bortz Family
- Anonymous
- Beth and Louis Guttman
- Fred and Patti Heldman
- Paul Heldman and Deborah Kirshner
- Roger and Julie Heldman
- The Kantor/Knue Families
- Rockwern Foundation
- Rosenthal Family Foundation
- Les and Renee Sandler
- Larry and Rhonda Sheakley
- Marcia & Richard Weiland (of blessed memory)
- Western & Southern Financial Group
Interviews of Roma Kaltman, Rozalia Berke, Henry Meyer, and Bella Ouziel are from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education
For more information:
To Bear Witness: Stories from Auschwitz to Cincinnati is part of the Cynthia & Harold Guttman Family Center for Storytelling. Special thanks to Julie and John Cohen for their support of this series. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. was created by Musealia in cooperation with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Presented by NEON.
Musealia
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
NEON
https://www.neonglobal.com/en/
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. ticket info, additional resources for both adults and students, travel itineraries and more
https://www.cincymuseum.org/auschwitz/
Visit the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center https://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/
