3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G

In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Kim Glassman, whose grandfather escaped the massacre of Greece's once-thriving Jewish community by reinventing himself under a new identity.

In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Maya Hyman, whose grandparents fled Poland together before World War II to seek refuge in Australia.

In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Yevette Smith, a 3G whose grandfather took a circuitous path from Europe to Chicago, where he found and married the love of his life.

In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Adam Zimmerman, a 3G who teaches a 7th grade Holocaust and Jewish Identity class at Temple Beth Ami. 

In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Shelley Rood Wernick, a 3G who serves as Managing Director of the Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma at the Jewish Federations of North America.

In a new episode of 30 Minutes With a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Andrea Goldstein, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust, about the stories she heard growing up and the importance of passing along that history to the next generation.

In a new episode of 30 Minutes With a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Mike Salamon, the grandson of four Holocaust survivors, about his family's history, its impact on his work today, and his passion for helping others understand the true meaning of "never again." 

Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Laura Bakst, an attorney in D.C., about her grandparents' lives in the wake of the Holocaust. After meeting at a displaced persons camp, her grandparents made their way to the United States, starting a family that served as a testament to their faith and perseverance. Laura also describes the immense impact of her grandparents' experience on her own career, and explai...

Just released! In the latest episode of 30 Minutes with a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Laura Bakst, an attorney in D.C. Laura's grandmother and grandfather both survived the Holocaust, though each had very different—and harrowing—experiences. In this episode, Laura tells Mark about her grandparents' remarkable escape from antisemitic persecution and Nazi atrocities, which she documents in her...

In our season three premiere, new host Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Jeffrey Robins, an attorney in the DC area. Jeff's grandfather was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States after surviving the Holocaust. In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss the impact of a survivor's story on their children and grandchildren; the investigative work that so many 3Gs undertake to uncover their family'...

In this episode, we meet 5th generation wine maker Rachel Lipman who currently manages most aspects of the operations for her family vineyard in Mt. Airy, MD, started by her grandfather Bill Loew who is a Holocaust survivor.  Prior to WWII, her family had established the first national meadery and beeswax production in Poland and Rachel has been able to dig up fascinating old documents corroborati...

In this episode, we learn about Josh Fishbein's maternal grandmother who went into hiding as a child with her extended family outside Nazi-occupied Patras, Greece and ultimately forged a lifelong connection with the Christian family who saved them. Inspired by his grandmother's survival story, Josh recently composed a 20-minute Cantata (choral work) called "Out of the Ashes of the Holocaust" which...

In a new twist for season two, Toby Kaminsky interviews cousins  Robyn  Miller-Tarnoff and Nina Navisky, whose grandmothers were sisters from a large family and escaped Vienna mostly by foot.  Although their grandmothers were reticent about their Holocaust experiences and preferred to focus on building their lives in Flint, Michigan, after the war,  Robyn  and Nina learned of their courage and res...

In this mini-episode, Toby previews the second season of Thirty Minutes with a 3G. Enjoy and tune in soon for this season and more! 

In this mini-episode, Toby reviews the opening slate of episodes to wrap up the inaugural 'season' of Thirty Minutes with a 3G. Enjoy and tune in soon for more episodes!

In this episode, Dana Foster tells us about her grandfather who traveled as a teen from Germany to boarding school in England, immigrated independently to the United States and proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII.  He was right to always describe his life and immigration story as a "big, happy adventure" and he later helped found the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum so that his survival stor...

In this episode, we learn about  Mike  Schroeder's grandfather who had the opportunity to "sit out" the war from the comfort of the United States but instead went back to Europe to save his girlfriend, who later became his wife; their epic love story and journey spanned Europe, Asia and North America, with crucial intervention from diplomats in the Netherlands and Japan.  It's no wonder that  Mike...

AJ Siegel is a DC resident for the last 7 years after having started his career back in his hometown of West Hartford, CT. He is a father of an amazing, rambunctious 2 year old named Talia, the husband of the successful and stunning Camille and dog-daddy to two troublesome dachshunds. AJ is a Experience Architect at ServiceNow, helping customers understand that actual humans use their technology t...

Lizzie Gelernter Westin was born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia and has lived in the DC area since college.  She currently lives in Potomac, MD with her husband, son, and daughter. She is proud to have been one of the founding members of DC Young Leaders Chapter of HIAS (although it is no longer active in that format) and has been active with the Refugee Committee of her synagogue because of her fa...

A current Generations After Board Member, Matt Gever also serves as the  newsletter editor of 3GDC. His parents Eli and Rocha Gever (nee Levinson) are both survivors from Latvia. In December 2018, Matt participated in a study trip to Poland that examined Polish-Jewish relations and the purported resurgence of Jewish life in Poland. When not working on Shoah-related events, he is active at Sixth an...

Justin Weitz is originally from New Jersey.   He moved to the DC area in 2012, and lives in DC with his husband, Kevin.  Justin is an attorney who works for the government investigating and prosecuting white-collar crime.  Justin is a big runner and fan of everything outdoors, and has the misfortune of being a Mets fan. In this episode, we learn that all four of Justin's grandparents survived the...

In this introduction, Toby Kaminsky, who is a grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, explains her involvement in 3GDC, a group representing "3Gs" or third generation Holocaust survivors in the Washington, DC area.  Toby's "Oma" (grandmother) Jenny and aunt Helga escaped Vienna by way of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy and England before making a new life in the United States which would include t...