Escaping the Nazis

Published by San Francisco Regional Mensa (May 25, 2025)

A recorded talk from the SFRM Monthly Speaker Series featuring Jason Camis (KT3, grandson of a Kindertransport survivor) and Benyamin Cohen (Senior Writer at The Forward). Camis shares the story of his grandmother’s 1939 escape from Nazi‑controlled Austria on the Kindertransport, offering a third‑generation perspective on family memory, rescue, and survival. Cohen presents a second historical narrative about a lesser‑known chapter of the Holocaust: the presence of 1,200 Nazis and their families living at a luxury resort in West Virginia during World War II.