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media type="file" key="Survivor Story.mp3" width="240" height="20" **__ Survivor Story __** My name is Bronia Beker and I was born in a small town called Kosowa. My family was made up with my parents, older sister, and I had three older brothers who were all married and had children. On September 1, 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland. I didn’t have a clue what war was about at the time so I was kind of excited. Two weeks into the invasion, the Nazis took over and they made a pact with Poland. The Nazis got the western part and Poland got the Eastern part in which I lived in. War broke out between Germany and Russia and the Nazis then broke the pact between Poland so they started to bomb the eastern part. The Russians retreated and Germany took over. A Judenrat was established and men from ages 18-60 had to attend in a school yard for inspection. My three brothers went but my father did not. Two of my three brothers were selected out of the three-hundred that were chosen by the Nazis and were murdered in a nearby forest. Ten of us moved in to my parent’s house since it was pretty big when the ghettos were established. The Nazis would kill any Jew that they saw on the streets so we built bunkers and hiding spots in our homes. We built a twelve by six cave under our house to hide from the Nazis for when they searched our home. One day the Nazis came into our home in search for us while we were hiding in the cave. They did not find us but they spotted the two air pipes that provided air circulation throughout the cave and so they plugged it. A good friend of mine came to luck for me and pulled me out of the cave because I fainted from lack of oxygen. My family who was in there with me all had died. My husband and I had no wear to stay. A nearby farmer agreed to take us in and hide us in the barn. There we dug a new cave and built a barrier made out of hay to hide from the Nazis.
 * __Introduction:__** I interviewed Bronia Beker. She is from a small town called Kosowa in Poland and is a Holocaust survivor.

George Mathews- Car Accident Surviver 

1) What event have you survived in your life? - car accident 2) How long ago was the accident? - 7 years ago 3) How many people were involved? - 6 people and 4 cars 4) Where were you sitting? - drivers seat 5) Do you remember what was happening before the crash occured? - trying to get through the intersection. 6) How did the crash happen? -a woman was going too fast on a rainy day through an intersection where the light was out. he thought he cleared himself and they collided on the right corner.

7) Where and when did the crash occur? - occured on Evans Road and Weston Parkway. 7 years ago 8) Once the crash happened, what was the first thing you did? - jumped out of the car to help the lady get her kids out. the seatbelts were locked so he got out his knife and cut the seatbelts and got them out of her car. 9) Did anyone get hurt? - yes. 10) If so, who was hurt and what happened to them? - he hurt his left leg when it slammed against the bottom of the dash board. also hit his head and broke the window on his side of the car. one of her kids got a bruise from the seatbelt and no body else got hurt. 11) Did anyone have to go to the hospital? - no. 12) What happened to the other car/driver? - two cars were totalled and the two others got repaired. 13) How has this accident changed you today? - to be more of a cautious driver. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">14) Do you have any scars still today? - no. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">15) Do you think this crash could have been prevented? - yes, if he would have not gone through the intersection and if the woman was not speeding for the conditions outside and for the conditions of the road.

I approached an intersection on a wet, rainy day. The conditions were not the greatest to be driving out on the road. I checked over my shoulder to make sure no one was coming to make my right turn. I checked and saw no one was coming until the blink of an eye, I was hit. The woman who hit me was speeding at around sixty mph in a forty-five mph zone. My head broke the window on the driver's side of the car and my leg slammed into the dashboard but I was not seriously injured. Once my car stopped spinning I kicked open the door to go check on the people in the other car.I grabbed my knife and cut the seat belts to get the woman's children free from the car. The woman was okay and held her in my arm's to comfort her to make sure she was okay. There were six people and four cars involved in the accident. Two cars were totaled and the other two were repaired. No one was seriously injured and no one had to go to the hospital to get checked out.
 * __Survivor Story- George Mathews__**