Gary Michaels

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226 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2024 last heard Feb 2025

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Let's Talk Legacy · Finding Myself in the Holocaust, with Janet Singer Applefield · 21 Aug 2024 podcast

And what was it like rediscovering the details of your escape as an adult? What was it like?

How were you able to find all that stuff out?

So you were actually able to reunite with some of the people who helped rescue you during that time, right?

Right? Wow. You say the experience changed both your sense of your gratitude and also a sense of your own identity. And what identity really means. Can you explain about what identity means?

Again, right?

What was your original name?

Okay.

But that still has a place in your heart.

What was your last name?

So that's why you have the singer still in the middle, right?

So you later earned your Master of Social Work at Boston University and practiced as a clinical social worker in the court system with perpetrators of the crimes in the Boston area for 30 years. How did your own personal experience impact your ability to be effective in that work, and why was it such a passion and mission for you?

Did you find, as you were going through that work, a sense of forgiveness for the people that wronged your family? Or is there still a piece of your heart that has a hard time with that?

I totally understand. You know, our show is called Let's Talk Legacy, and legacy is such an important part for so many people. And I'm curious, what does legacy mean to you?

Has there been, you know, from all of your speaking that you've done at the schools and to adults, is there a story that you can recall of someone that you did make an impact with, that it changed their life, it changed their community? You heard the story later on how what you had to say changed the way they thought, or did it reform anybody? Yeah.

Wow, I get chills just hearing that because that's little small steps at a time, right?

Right. You say that retelling your story and the story of the Holocaust as a whole represents a connection between the past and the present, and that it's important for preserving the Jewish legacy and able to make sure people must never forget what happened. Talk to us about the connection between the past and the present.

We do. We do. You know, you were just a child when you had to face horror. I mean, horror. How do parents and educators talk to children about difficult topics like hate speech and prejudice and other evils in the world? Because there's so many parents that listen to our show. And how do you have those conversations that are just really difficult ones to have?

Absolutely. So obviously part of your legacy is tied to continuing to speak for the legacy of others, both other survivors as well as those who did not survive. What would you say is the other part of your legacy? What is an individual legacy that you'd like to leave behind?

Wow. To think that there are states that don't want to teach it.

Wow.

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