‘The Wanderers’ tells the story of Poland’s Holocaust survivors who fled to the Soviet Union
Like many Holocaust survivors, Daniela Gerson’s grandparents lived by the vow to “never forget, never forgive” the annihilation of their Polish Jewish hometown at the hands of the Nazis. They took less interest in commemorating…
Assessment
This story reframes a lesser known survival route taken by Polish Jews who fled east into the Soviet Union rather than west. The focus on a family's decade long exile through labor camps and displacement centers challenges the more common narrative of ghettos and camps. The reporter's personal connection suggests an intimate, generational reckoning with what gets remembered and what gets left out of Holocaust education.