Surviving The Holocaust is an education programme about the experiences of Lady Zahava Kohn, her parents, brother and wider family during the Second World War, told by Zahava’s daughter Hephzibah Rudofsky. The presentation covers Zahava’s early childhood in Palestine and Holland, what happened to the family when they were imprisoned in concentration camps, and how they rebuilt their lives after the war.
This is the story of three generations. It’s 1944. Rosy Kanarek is in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp desperately trying to protect her 8 year–old daughter Zahava. She is also trying to keep hidden a record of their lives before and during their ordeal. Over seventy years later, Zahava’s memories are preserved by her daughter, Hephzibah Rudofsky who has made it her own mission to pass on Zahava’s remarkable story to a new generation. This is the unique, personal account of a camp survivor, as recounted to and by her daughter.
Part of the uniqueness of Zahava’s legacy is the archive of artefacts collected by the family during their time in Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen and Biberach camps. Below you can see some of the objects, documents and letters that Hephzibah shows at her talks:
Lady Zahava Kohn MBE died in 2022, one week short of her 87th birthday. Read tributes to Zahava here.
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