marcell drimer was born in a poland, in a small town that is now part of ukraine. his father worked as an accountant and his mother raised marcell and his younger sister. we see marcell and his mother laura in 1934. germany and the soviet union attacked poland in september 1939 beginning world war ii. this is a historical photograph of the german troops parading through warsaw after the surrender of poland. on june 22nd, 1941, germany violated the german soviet pact and attacked soviet territory. within a few weeks, it was occupied by german force. in 1942, members of marcell's family, including his grandfather whom we see here were deportd to extermination camps where they were murdered. in the fall of 1942, marcell and his family were forced into the ghetto. here we see a historical photograph of jews being forced into the ghetto. before the liquidation of the ghetto, the family escaped to a small vile lab. in august, 1943 marcell went into hiding with a polish-ukrainian family. marcell's family is seen in this photo taken in 1947 or 1948. from left to right we se

marcel drimer. >>> marcel, thank you so much for your willingness to be our first person today.s just a pleasure to see you again. >> likewise. >> you have just so much to share with us that we'll start right away. world war ii began in september 1939 when germany attacked poland from the west, quickly followed by the soviet union attacking the porti attacking poland from the east. early in the war you and your family lived under russian occupation. before we turn to that time to the war, tell us a little bit about your life, your family, your community in the years before the war. >> the town where i was born was poland when i was born, it was austria-hungary when my parents were born in early 20th century and now it's ukraine. so, you know, the place stays put in one place, but the borders shift all around. and this is sort of quite typical for central and eastern europe until now. well, now we can see that putin is trying to do something similar, but that's not the subject of our conversation. >> some things don't change. >> some things never change. no matter how hard we wor

coming up, holocaust survivor marcell drimer on his efforts to stay together in nazi occupied pop land during world war ii. then voyage of the st. louis. they were denied entrance into the u.s. and scott miller talked about what happened when they returned to europe. that's fold by history prove sore jonathan ray on what it took for jews to assimilate in u.s. culture during the progressive era. >>> here's some of the highlights for this weekend. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern the communicators visit a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday on q and a political commentator, author and

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then we turn to american history tv programs with holocaust survivor marcel drimer on his family's efforts to stay together in nazi occupied poland during world war ii. then the voyage of the st. louis, a ship full of nearly 900 german jews trying to escape the nazis. they were denied entrance into the u.s. and author scott miller talks about what happened when they returned to europe. >>> in the weeks following the norman did i invasion allied forces moved to drive the germans out of the peninsula and begin deliberation of nazi occupied france. tonight at 8:00 john mcmanus talks about the liberation of the important crossroads town of san low. >> bradley's concept on the heels of his failure near kutans is redoubling his efforts to take san low which you see in the middle of our map. that of course is not a new objective for the new objectivee americans. they hope to have it sooner than this. and the reason it's important -- and you'll notice this just by a glance at the map. practically every road in normandy leads there. it was a market. but a kind of a communication and transportation

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that's falloyed by holocaust survivor marcel drimer on his family's efforts to stay together in nazi occupied poland during world war ii. >>> in the weeks following the normandy invasion, allied forces moved to drive the germans out of the peninsula and begin the liberation of notsa occupied france. wednesday at 8:00 p.m., john macmanus talks about the challenges facing the allies, including the liberation of the crossroads town of san low. >> bradley's concept of the heels of this failure is to redouble his efforts to take st. lowa, which you see in the middle of our map. san low is not a new objective for the americans. they hoped to have it a lot sooner than this. the reason it's important and you'll notice this by just a glance of the map, every road, practically every road in normally leads there. it's a crossroads town. it was a market town dating back to ancient times. not a big place, but a kind of a communication and transportation and market center for normand culture. it had been invaded many times because it was valuable for these reasons. it had been in1r5ied by romans,