of Grand Rapids. Various
programs that she has helped
put on led her to connect with
local Holocaust survivors, in
particular a man named David
Mandel.
“He lived in Grand Rapids
for many years and never
talked about the Holocaust,”
Finkelstein explains. His story
will be showcased on the web-
site. Mandel, encouraged by
Grand Valley State University,
began to slowly share his
story and eventually ended up
speaking at Jewish day schools
for Holocaust Remembrance
Day.
Mandel is one of sev-
eral Grand Rapids-based
Holocaust survivors who vol-
unteered to share their journey
for the website. “I think with
the Holocaust website project
and the memorial project at
Meijer Gardens, we’re going
to really make an impact in
Grand Rapids,” Finkelstein
says.
By capturing the incredi-
ble stories of local survivors,
Finkelstein adds that a project
like this one can help ensure
these journeys and moments
in time are never forgotten,
particularly for families and
descendants. Plus, an increase
in online content makes secur-
ing archival data and photos
easier now than in the past.
“We’re living in a time
where if you have internet
access, you can get onto some
amazing genealogical resourc-
es that are out there,” Franciosi
says. “I got into an online con-
versation with a local historian
in a Polish town who was able
to send pictures of what the
town [where a survivor was
originally from] looked like in
the 1930s and 1940s.”
For the small Jewish com-
munity in west Michigan —
approximately 2,000 individu-
als, Katzman estimates — the
website will mark the first
time many of these stories are
told. They’re also encouraging
people to reach out with their
own stories to further contrib-
ute to the effort.
“They’ve never been pro-
cessed; they’ve never been
presented,” Finkelstein says of
many Grand Rapids survivor
testimonies. “That makes it
even more important.”
“WE’RE GOING TO REALLY MAKE
AN IMPACT IN GRAND RAPIDS,”
— PEG FINKELSTEIN
SEPTEMBER 23 • 2021 | 29
Grand Rapids
Holocaust survivor
Henry Pestka
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