Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide, and other Human Rights Violations is an oral history project exploring Montrealers’ experiences and memories of mass violence and displacement. A team of both university and community-based researchers is in the process of recording life story interviews with more than 500 Montreal residents over the next five years.



Sari Greenberg was born in Poland on November 25th, 1939. In addition to the fact her family was Jewish, Sari’s mother was a leftist when it came to politics. After the Germans invaded Poland, Sari’s father feared for his wife’s and children's lives, since her political opinions were contrary to those of the Nazi regime. That’s why he put her on the first train he saw with their two children, without even knowing where it was heading to.Sari explains how her father found his children again after the war and why why her family would prefer immigrating to Canada rather than trying to rebuild a life in Poland. See more on CitizenShift


Life Stories is housed by Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.