Georgia Gabor Holocaust Survivor

Usually, when people get overthrown and face many losses, they give up. When people feel as if they’re hopeless, they give up. But for some people, it isn’t the end. Some people are determined and will finish what they have started. This accurately represents Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor.
Georgia was only eight years old when the Germans raided her hometown, Budapest. Her father worked as an attorney which made her family wealthy at the time. When the Nazis raided them, they needed an area to hide. Luckily, her father knew a wealthy merchant who had a home with a basement. They were able to take shelter with supplied food and water from her father’s friend. A week after, the Nazis invaded that home. Luckily, Georgia was able to run into the attic, but soon got captured after her whole family. On October 14, 1944, they were sent to a temple where they were held captive, as well as many other Jews. Miraculously, a Hungarian police on patrol in
She taught me that even though when sometimes everything is going wrong, that you need to keep your head up and keep moving forward. She lost her parents, but stayed strong. She was caught two times by the Nazis, and escaped with her family’s help. She was caught a last time, and this time, she was bound to die. While in the tunnel, she could hear the screams of the Jews getting tortured, but managed to persevere and make it out alive. I believe that is important to not give up, as well as keep moving forward even when times get rough. Nothing lasts forever, and that applies to harsh feelings as well. Everyone should remember that if you put bad things in the past, it’ll be forgotten
At the end of her testimony, Georgia gave an insight on what she thought about the series of events she went through. She told the 1939 Society that everyone deserves to see what is going on behind the “iron curtains”. She stated that God wants us to help people, and not hurt