Ep 560: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Marlene Steiner on hmTv

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 560 of Raised by Survivors on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Marlene Steiner, a dear friend and daughter of Holocaust survivors, for a deeply personal conversation about memory, survival, trauma, resilience, and joy.Marlene shares her mother’s harrowing story of being forced from Rădăuți, Romania, and marched toward Ukraine, where families were torn apart and survival often came down to impossible choices. She also reflects on her father’s experience in a concentration camp, her own childhood in Romania, Israel, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and the lasting impact of being raised by parents who carried both deep trauma and extraordinary strength.Together, Bernie and Marlene explore intergenerational trauma, antisemitism, family values, immigrant life, food memories, Brooklyn childhoods, and the importance of choosing life, humor, kindness, and gratitude despite unimaginable pain. This episode is a powerful reminder that survivor families carry not only sorrow, but also resilience, love, and the responsibility to keep making the world better. Support the show