The project tells the story of Cantor Moshe Kraus, a Hungarian musical child prodigy, Chazzan, and storyteller. Cantor Kraus’ beautiful voice and reservoir of Jewish songs and stories helped him survive Bor labour camp in Yugoslavia and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. On countless occasions, he kept and restored the hopes of many during the Holocaust and afterward, in Israel, Antwerp, Johannesburg, and Ottawa.
Moshe’s life is indicative of a much larger story. The story of how ordinary people faced the storm. The story of the spiritual resilience of ordinary people caught up …
I have come across these amazing first-person accounts of people’s experiences before, during, and after the Shoah/Holocaust in Hungary.
Cantor Moshe Kraus, survivor extraordinaire, speaking to students at Shaftesbury High School and Faith Temple in Winnipeg