About Marion

About Marion

Marion’s Autobiography Autobiographical Sketch from Age 13 to Present At the age of thirteen, having just arrived in Peoria, Illinois, I was placed in the fourth grade with boys and girls four years younger than I, and was introduced to…
The Book

The Book

Four Perfect Pebbles, A Holocaust Story. A book by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal Lazan. Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Blumenthal family — father, mother, Marion,…
Marion’s Triumph – Marion’s PBS Documentary

Marion’s Triumph – Marion’s PBS Documentary

“Editor’s Choice”  –  American Library Association’s BOOKLIST During the nightmare known as the Holocaust, the Nazis murdered six million Jews, including one and one half million children. Five million non-Jews were also murdered, among them Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, Christian activists,…

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Holocaust speaker, Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood.

Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Blumenthal family — father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert — were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps that included Westerbork in Holland and the notorious Bergen-Belsen in Germany. Though they all survived the camps, Walter Blumenthal, Marion’s father, succumbed to typhus just after liberation.

It took three more years of struggle and waiting before Marion, Albert, and their mother at last obtained the necessary papers and boarded ship for the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive.

Marion Blumenthal Lazan travels internationally as a Holocaust speaker. Contact her if you are interested in having her tell her story to your group or organization.