Leonard Vis was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1930. After the Germans occupied the Netherlands, his family went into hiding. They all survived and were liberated in 1945. Leonard After the war, Leonard served two years in the Dutch Army before moving to New York. In 1967, Leonard came to Canada for a job posting. Leonard came to visit us at Crestwood early in 2016. He was interviewed for this project by Marina Nevison and Aren Karshafian, along with students from Mr. Masters’ Grade 12 history class.
Videos
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- 1. Leonard Vis - Judaism and the Holocaust.mp4
- 2. Casualties.mp4
- 3. Taken; Family Separation; Father and Son.mp4
- 4. Going into Hiding.mp4
- 5. Isaac's New Girlfriend.mp4
- 6. The Collection Point.mp4
- 7. Escape.mp4
- 8. Escape, Part 2.mp4
- 9. Walking to Amsterdam; The Wartime Family.mp4
- 10. May 1944; Life Advice.mp4
- 11. Liberation.mp4
- 12. Liberation and Rehabilitation.mp4
- 13. The Canadian Soldiers; Leonard's Father.mp4
- 14. Postwar Reunification with Family.mp4
- 15. Thoughts on his Lost Youth and War Family.mp4
- 16. Postwar Religious Belief.mp4
- 17. The Massacre of the Dutch Jews; In Hiding.mp4
- 18. Survival Skills.mp4
- 19. Emigration to the United States.mp4
- 20. An Immigrant in Advertising; Going to Canada.mp4
- 21. Lost Youth; Where Was G-d?.mp4
- 22. Memories Left by the Shoah.mp4
- 23. Anti-Semitism.mp4
- 24. The Three Xs; Is Another Holocaust Possible?.mp4
- 25. Memory and Denial.mp4
