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# Iliza Schlesinger Discovers Her Connection to the Holocaust
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/eliza-schlesinger-discovers-her-connection-to-the-holocaust/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:28:22.000Z
- Description: Iliza reacts emotionally to discovering her family's history is tied to the Holocaust.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_d0602fa0-e3c2-42eb-b7f8-02581e83d7ed, #extra

Iliza Schlesinger's great-grandmother Esther journeyed from Poland to New York in 1921, leaving behind five siblings who faced hardship during World War II in Poland. Eliza reacts to the emotional impact of discovering family history tied to tragic events such as the Holocaust.