Bernard Offen
About me
I was born in 1929 in Poland Krakow-Podgorze, which later became the Krakow Ghetto. I survived five camps - Plaszow, Julag, Mauthausen, Auschwitz-Birkenau (tattoo #B-7815), and Dachau-Kaufering camps, before these camps were liberated by the Allies.
For the last thirteen years I have spent each summer teaching about my personal experience and what Jewish life was like for us before the war. In my family over 50 people were murdered and only three survived, my two older brothers and I. Through sharing my story with people and my "Journey of Witnessing and Healing", my dream and hope is to create "Second Generation Witnesses".
You don't have to be a survivor or Jewish. It's for all the wounded who want to understand the power of good & evil and want to create goodness in the world. Our pilgrimages will be followed by discussions, sharing and processing in order to create a deeper sense of connection and healing.
It is about a "process of self confrontation and healing".
