Ilanit Michele Woods

Olga, Erika, and me

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Ilanit-Michele had been born and raised in the Jewish faith. But like her own mother Erika, she felt her faith had been force fed to her by her grandmother, Olga. As a young adult, Ilanit-Michele chose to minimise the Jewish aspects of her identity, and find her own path. Then Olga’s memoir resurfaced in a box after her death, its first page specifically dedicated to her daughter and granddaughter. It told a tale of growing up in 1930s Hungary, surviving years in Auschwitz and other camps, and discovering at the war’s end that her family had been almost completely obliterated. Olga had never r...

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Ilanit Michele Woods

Episodes

Part 1: What a Dirty Lie 09.01.2025 44:10

"My life has not been a straightforward line; it has been more like a rough road full of bumps." 1930s - 1944 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2: The Glass Heeled Shoes 09.01.2025 40:18

"He lifted the wire without a word. I crawled through, quickly picked some flowers and crawled back in." June 1944 - September 1944 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 3: Dominoes 09.01.2025 48:07

"I was standing in front of a huge machine covered in oil with various instruments on it." September 1944 - April 1945 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 4: Liberation 09.01.2025 43:49

"A white sheet was waving in the wind on the building opposite us." April 1945 - July 1945 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 5: Home 09.01.2025 38:32

"I had been sitting deep in thought for a while when I lifted my head and I noticed next to me an old man wearing glasses and holding a stick." July 1945 - November 1945 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 6: Que Sera Sera 09.01.2025 41:40

"I would love to be a bird and fly there and peak in through the window!"  1945 - present day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.