Holocaust Survivors

I am Danil S. K., born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1936. My mother, Sarah, was the youngest of 13 children in her religious family. My father's name was Semyon K. My father was arrested in 1938 and shot in the same year. He was accused of passing data to Polish intelligence. The war began in 1941. My mom and I were running. We rode on platforms from the Germans and arrived in Kazakhstan. At that time, we did not know where my father was, as the NKVD (the interior ministry of the Soviet Union) was hiding what had happened to him. We were very well received by the Russian family in Kazakhstan, with whom we lived. Mom was working at the time, so I wasn't hungry. On August 23, 1943, Kharkov was liberated. My mother and I went there via Moscow. She left me sitting in Moscow at the Kursk railway station, and she ran to the NKVD to find out what was wrong with my father. At the time, she didn't find anything. In 1961, I got married and continued to study at a technical school. Then my two sons were born. My youngest son, Stanislav, now lives in Israel. He worked at the hospital for 30 years. Now he is a teacher. My eldest son, Vadim, is living in Ukraine. In 1991, my youngest son moved to Israel at the age of 19, on the recommendation of a doctor in Kharkov. He had diabetes, and he was advised to go to Israel so that he could be cured here. That's what happened, but he also contributed here too. We came to Israel after him, in 2000. For 22 years I was a volunteer at Yad LaKashish. I brought new ideas and I was very well liked there. I am the announcer of a radio station in Netanya. Five countries of the world are listening to me. I am eternally grateful to Bridges for Peace, for your work, for your participation, for your attitude.