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Werner Weinberg Collection, The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education

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The paper "On Being a Survivor" was written by Werner Weinberg and presented at the Conference on the Holocaust Experience Friday, November 9, 1979 at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Summery: Werner Weinberg gives a short report on his personal story, of escaping Germany, going into hiding and being sent to Bergen-Belson before discussing the use of the word "survivor" as the accepted term for those persons who were victims of Hitler's campaign against the Jews.

A hard copy of the paper can be found in the archives of the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education.