A Few Visitors

David &Yetta Kane.
I was truly honored to have been visited by survivors of the Holocaust, David and Yetta Kane. It was in my Music and the Holocaust class that they came to visit me and my peers. There were 5 of us, and it was the two of them. It was so amazing to have that intimacy.

Their experience was so unique. The couple described how they suffered through torturous treatment and unbearable living conditions, from the beginning of the war in 1939 until it ended in 1945. The two also spoke about their lives after the war, when they came to the United States, met each other, married and lived a successful life together, raising their three children and enjoying their six grandchildren. It was a beautiful experience -- so touching.

If you've seen the film Defiance, that pretty much sums up Yetta's life -- but there was so much more that she endured that the film doesn't cover.

The couple taught us to love &the importance of forgiveness.

I'm all over the place with this post, but JEEZ Yetta came here to America in 1949, didn't know any English, and she landed a job doing some fashion. She made $100 a week! CRAZYYYY... It just really demonstrates their will to live..


The two have been married 114 years now, according to David -- 57 for David and 57 for Yetta. He was so sweet. God Bless the Kane family.



Serj Tankian.
Singer of System of a Down's Serj came to visit our class -- another intimate little Q&A about genocide since his grandparents were victims to the Armenian Genocide.
I know it's totally different from the Kane's visit. He actually looks so different in this photo! Of course, the band days are over so he came in very clean cut. He was very handsome. *sigh. And he does amazing work.. everything he does matters. Another lesson learned here: stay active, keep pushing, do what you love.

I'm really blessed to have met with these fine people.