Leslie Howard Stevens, MD FACS

07/04/2025

01/28/2025

More than 1.1 million people were murdered in Auschwitz. My mother was one of the fortunate ones that survived the horrors of the N**i complex. By her admission, translating German into Hungarian and Yiddish to the incoming prisoners. She rarely, if ever spoke of it, but did document her experience with the Shoah Foundation at USC. Above are her indentification cards she used post war in Munich then to enter the United States with her nationality ‘Jew’ and her prisoner number 3110. A reminder that it really happened. I hope no person will ever have to witness, much less endure, such atrocities against humanity.

05/06/2024

Today, while we remember the 6 million Jews that perished in the Holocaust, I am also honoring my parents who survived. They survived by standing against ignorance, hate, bigotry and oppression. Their perseverance defined them in many facets of their lives, including the loving parents they were to my brother and me and, in turn, the parents we are to our families.
My father recently celebrated 101 years surrounded by not only the reminder in the photo, but his family. The following are a few highlights of my mother who sadly passed away ten years ago today. She was one of the fortunate one's to have survived Auschwitz.