# Holocaust Survivor Herta Amir: Memory, Survival, and the Courage to Speak I S3E13

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Podcast: [LIZ’S COFFEE CONNECTION](https://stenobird.com/podcast/liz-s-coffee-connection-6602786)
Published: 2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://TheCapitolCoffeeConnection.podbean.com/e/holocaust-survivor-herta-amir-memory-survival-and-the-courage-to-speak-i-s3e13/
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Duration seconds: 2436

## Resource

Holocaust survivor Herta Amir joins Liz for a rare and deeply personal on-camera conversation—her first time publicly sharing her story. Though Liz has known Herta most of her life as a family friend and community leader, Herta remained silent for decades, like so many survivors. In this episode, she recounts her childhood in Czechoslovakia, the rise of anti-Jewish restrictions, years spent in hiding, her imprisonment in Bergen-Belsen, and her liberation by the British. She also reflects on that long silence—and why she’s breaking it now. In the wake of October 7, Herta felt an urgent need to speak, choosing this moment, and this conversation with Liz, to bear witness. A powerful story of survival, memory, and the responsibility to speak.

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