SOLEDAD: A FEAR OF
REPEATING THE
PAST IS THE REASON ONE HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR IS TELLING HIS STORY 78
YEARS AFTER THE NAZIS INVADED
HIS HOMETOWN IN POLAND.
MICHAEL BORENSTEIN WAS FURIOUS
WHEN HE DISCOVERED HOLOCAUST
DENIERS WERE TRIVIALIZING THE
STORY OF HIS SURVIVAL AT
AUSCHWITZ AND NOW IN THE WAKE
OF OVERT ACTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM,
HE HOPES LESSONS FROM THE PAST
CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE FUTURE.
HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED
"SURVIVORS CLUB," AND HERE'S HIS
STORY.
>> CAN I HAVE A KISS?
THAT'S GREAT.
SOLEDA TWO MICHAEL BORNSTEIN'S
GRANDKIDS, HE IS KNOWN AS POP
UP.
FATHER OF FOUR, GRANDFATHER TO
11, BUT TO HIS CAPTORS,
BORNSTEIN WAS ONLY KNOWN AS
PRISONER "B-11
8," HIS IDENTITY
REPLACED BY A TATTOO ON HIS ARM.
>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE A REAL NAME,
AND MOST PRISONERS DO NOT
SURVIVE VERY LONG.
SOLEDAD: A TIME HE HASN'T SPOKEN
MUCH ABOUT, EVEN TO HIS FAMILY,
UNTIL NOW.
>> I ALWAYS KIND OF KNEW THAT MY
POP A WAS IN THE HOLOCAUST, BUT
I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT
THAT MEANT.
SOLEDAD: IT IS THIS FAMOUS
AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION FOOTAGE
BORNSTEIN HAPPENED TO SEE THAT
INSPIRED HIM TO TELL HIS FULL
STORY.
HE RECOGNIZED HIMSELF, THE
LITTLE BOY ON TH
RIGHT, ONE OF
THE FEW YOUNG CHILDREN WHO
SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ.
IT WAS ONE OF THE IMAGES
BORNSTEIN DISCOVERED BEING USED
BY HOLOCAUST AND NYERS.
>> THEY SAID AUSCHWITZ WAS NOT
BAD.
IT WAS A LABOR CAMP.
IT WAS DEVASTATING, AND I THREW
A BOOK DOWN ON THE DESK, AND I
WAS RIGHT, ONE OF
THE FEW YOUNG CHILDREN WHO
SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ
FURIOUS.
2 SOLEDAD: WITH SOLEDAD: HELP
FROM HIS DAUGHTER DEBBIE,
MICHAEL BORENSTEIN SHARED HIS
TRUTH IN A BOOK CALLED "THESE
SURVIVORS CLUB."
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME
THAT MY CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN KNOW WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN THROUGH AND TO KNOW THAT
THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
THIS WOULD'VE BEEN TAKEN BEFORE
THE NAZIS TOOK OVER.
SOLEDAD: HIS STORY STARTS IN
POLAND IN THE 1930'S WITH THE
GERMANS INVADING THE VILLAGE AND
THE FAMILY'S HAPPY LIFE.
YOUR BOOK STARTS WITH THE STORY
OF WHAT YOUR MOTHER WITNESSED AT
A GRAVEYARD.
>> MY MOTHER WAS HIDING BEHIND A
TREE, AND THE NAZIS WERE MAKING
A JEWISH FAMILY DIG A PIT.
AFTER THAT, THE NAZIS ASKED THE
FAMILY TO HUG, AND THEY KILLED
THEM ALL AND GOT THEM INTO THE
PIT.
MY MOTHER TALKED ABOUT THAT ALL
THE TIME.
IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR
HER.
SOLEDAD: TALK TO ME ABOUT
INDICATIONS THAT THINGS WERE
GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION THAT
MANY PEOPLE IGNORED.
>> THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO
BELIEVE IT, AND EVENTUALLY, THEY
SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
MY MOTHER WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
SHE ALWAYS SAID THINGS WOULD GET
BETTER.
SOLEDAD: BUT THINGS DIDN'T GET
BETTER.
IN 1944, BORNSTEIN AND HIS
FAMILY WERE ROUNDED UP, FORCED
ONTO A TRAIN, AND IMPRISONED IN
THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION
CAMP.
WITHIN DAYS OF HIS ARRIVAL, HIS
BROTHER AND HIS FATHER WERE
TAKEN AWAY.
THEY WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
SOLEDAD: HOW DID YOU SURVIVE
AUSCHWITZ?
THERE WERE VERY FEW CHILDREN,
LITTLE CHILDREN, WHO MADE IT
THROUGH AUSCHWITZ?
MICHAEL: MY MOTHER WAS IN
AUSCHWITZ FOR A TIME, AND
SHE
WOULD COME IN AND GIVE ME SOME
OF HER BREAD AND SOUP, AND SHE
WAS BEATEN OVER THE HEAD FOR
DOING THAT.
SOLEDAD: BORENSTEIN SAYS INSTEAD
OF KEEPING HIM IN THE CHILDREN'S
BUNK, HIS MOTHER HID HIM IN THE
WOMEN'S BARRACKS WHERE HE
LEARNED TO KEEP QUIET AND STILL.
MICHAEL: I WAS ONE OF THE BEST
TITERS.
SOLEDAD: LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER
THEY ARRIVED, THE WAR ENDED.
AUSCHWITZ WAS LIBERATED.
THE CAMP'S LIBERATORS FILM THE
BORNSTEIN'S GRANDMOTHER CARRYING
HIM TO FREEDOM.
THEY MADE THEIR WAY BACK,
LOOKING FOR PROOF OF THEIR OLD
LIFE, TREASURES HIDDEN AND LEFT
BEHIND.
MICHAEL: ALL OF THE JEWELS AND
MONEY WERE STOLEN, BUT THERE WAS
ONE ITEM THAT SURVIVED, WHICH
WAS A KIDDISH CUP
, A CUP WHERE
YOU MAKE BLESSINGS OVER THE
WINE.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY, AND WE USE
THAT CAP AS A SYMBOL OF
SURVIVAL.
SOLEDAD: THAT SYMBOL OF SURVIVAL
MADE ITS WAY TO AMERICA WITH
BORENSTEIN AND HIS MOTHER,
REFUGEES WITH LITTLE EXCEPT
HOPE.
ODD JOBS AND HIS MOTHER'S
ENCOURAGEMENT ARE EARNED
BORENSTEIN A COLLEGE DEGREE FROM
FORDHAM AND A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY,
A STORY HIS FAMILY IS PROUD TO
PASS ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
TAUGHT >> ME THAT NO MATTER
WHAT CHALLENGES I MIGHT FACE,
THEY CAN ALWAYS BE OVERCOME.
MICHAEL: MY MOTHER WAS A VERY
POSITIVE PERSON.
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