Eyewitness to History: Holocaust Survivor Theodora (Dora) Klayman

The Eyewitness to History video library was created to enable audiences everywhere to hear firsthand testimony from Holocaust survivors. This video was created from a live digital program, "First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors," recorded on May 12, 2021. It featured Theodora (Dora) Klayman, who was born in 1938 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Dora survived hiding with her Catholic uncle and neighbors in Croatia. Her parents and many other family members were murdered by Nazi collaborators, the Ustaša, in the Jasenovac concentration camp.

[@mcmlxii4419]

Thank you so much for these interviews. They are so stirring. Thank you also to all of the interviewees who participated and for donating their time as museum volunteers. May God richly bless them.

[@Jetmab04]

Thanks so much to Dora, it's so important what you do - no matter how few people you reach and, especially now!
All this hate against everyone has to stop and, your story will help doing so - hopefully.
Thanks so much 💕

[@mariekatherine5238]

These should be required viewing in high schools. How many of these people are still living in 2022? Soon, there will be no living memories of the Holocaust.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

There will be new survival stories and horrors from the cruelties happening right now.😢

[@Lars171968]

Thank you for sharing your testimony!

[@flufwix]

Thank you Dora for your story. It is so horrifying that humans are capable of that type of evil. Thanks also to the Holocaust museum for recording these critically important first person testimonies. They are so moving. My heart aches for each first person and every victim and survivor and their families

[@simonebittencourt8251]

Thank you so much much Mrs. Khayman for your precious testimonial. Many years ago, I read about this camp Jacenovac and was so shocked by the utter sadistic brutality inflicted to the people kept there. Not many people know about this camp and its awful legacy in this world. Thank you for your touching sharing. It was a honor to listen to you. All the very best in your life is my wish.

[@TheRockTemptress]

That was a lovely thing to say to Mrs. Khayman, and you're right, this camp's history should be exposed to the world.

[@TheRockTemptress]

@Simon Bittencourt, this comment was for you.

[@simonebittencourt8251]

@@TheRockTemptress Thank you so very much! My pleasure and, once again, honor to listen to her story. ❤

[@gonefishing167]

I think you’ve said it wonderfully. No more to be added. Bless your lovely heart 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@marilyn6556]

Thank you for sharing your story, and talking about the pain you have gone through, and still carry. God Bless You! Prayers for you, and your entire family. Horrible things happen, when good people refuse to act, speak up, and are ignorant. I read every story about the Holocaust that I can, to honor those who perished, and the few that survived. Every story matters, because everyone matters.

[@fitzlek]

Draga teta Dora, strašne stvari ste proživjeli, kao i mnogi drugi iz vaše zajednice, ali znajte da se takve stvari više ne smiju ponoviti. Ima još uvijek mnogih potomaka onih koji su bili tada na vašoj strani, ako treba bit će i opet! Živjeli vi nama!

[@miriammuskal5402]

What a wonderful lady so well spoken G-D bless her

[@suzyanzulavich9144]

Thank you.

[@JaimeMesChiens]

Mrs Klayman, thank you so much for sharing your traumatic story.
I would love to hear more about all you’d like to tell.
I could listen to you for hours.
I have learned so much already from this discussion, and I am going to, straight away, look for more interviews you may have done, or narratives/memoir you have written.
I have much still to learn and Mrs Klayman is a gifted teacher.

[@georgebrown8312]

Thank you for sharing your testimony of survival during the Holocaust. It is so surprising that anti-Semitism and other kinds of racial hatred can be so toxic to the souls of people who harbor this sort of garbage in their hearts.

[@LisaRichards_123]

A woman went to Auschwitz for being Christian and marrying my dad’s Jewish cousin. It was in Budapest, Hungary. From my understanding, she was trying to save him, but he was apparently shot to death by the SS when they came

[@georgebrown8312]

I am so sorry to learn about him being murdered by the brutal SS. Such an evil, godless regime the Third Reich was.

[@marilyn6556]

What a horrible time for these people. I can’t begin to imagine what they went through. I am so sorry for the loss of your family. People seem to have forgotten about the evil that occurred, and is occurring still. Wake up, people!