BY CHANCE ALONE

As part of the Erasmus + project, Memories of Europe: Historical intersections and their message to the contemporary generation, we managed to organize a very interesting and emotional discussion with the students from Slovakia, Poland, Italy and Greece with Max Eisen, a truly remarkable man whose courage, strong will and wisdom can be an example to all of us. As a 15-year-old Jewish boy, Tibor "Max" Eisen, a native of Moldava nad Bodvou, survived a nightmare that we can no longer even imagine. Max shared with us his personal story, marked by incredible human anger and hatred. A story about years in a concentration camp and the courage of a young boy, despite the fact that none of his family survived.

Max's message to our generation is: "Be responsible. Be careful what you buy. Think for yourself. Be an UPstander, not a BYstander. "

Such stories are essential to us. Our goal is to make a collection of real stories from the lives of World War II witnesses within the project. We must know all the horrors of this period in order to avoid the same mistakes.

Eva Szanyiová - project coordinator

ITALIAN WITNESS

Interview with Paolo Covella about WWII in South Italy

Interview with WWII regional Greek survivors