IF YOU HEARD WHAT ARI HEARD

ARI SHARES THE STORY OF HIS GRANDFATHER, JOSEPH SARNA, WHO WAS THE OLDEST OF SIX BOYS, BORN TO A RELIGIOUS FAMILY IN DZIALOSZYCE, POLAND. JOSEPH WAS BORN WITH A LEG DEFORMITY, AND THE POLISH DOCTORS TOLD JOSEPH’S PARENTS TO AMPUTATE. HIS PARENTS WENT TO THE CHIEF RABBI, WHO TOLD THEM IF IT DOESN’T HURT WHEN HE WALKS, TO LEAVE IT ALONE, WHICH ULTIMATELY SAVED JOSEPH’S LIFE DURING THE WAR. ARI SHARES HOW DESPITE HIS DISABILITY, JOSEPH’S STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND GRIT GOT HIM THROUGH HORRIFIC CONDITIONS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. ARI SHARES JOSEPH’S STORY OF SURVIVAL FROM PLASZOW CONCENTRATION CAMP, OSCAR SCHINDLER’S FACTORY, NARROWLY ESCAPING DEATH AT AUSCHWITZ, AND BRUTAL WORKING CONDITIONS AT MAUTHAUSEN. HE RECONNECTED WITH THE WOMAN WHO WOULD BE COME HIS WIFE, IN DEGGENEDORF DISPLACED PERSON’S CAMP, AFTER THE WAR. JOSEPH SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH A SERIES OF MIRACLES, AND WENT ON TO BECOME A SUCCESS - BOTH IN BUSINESS AND IN LIFE, SOMEONE WHO WAS ADORED BY HIS FAMILY AND GREATLY RESPECTED BY HIS COMMUNITY.

IF YOU HEARD WHAT ARI HEARD, YOU WOULD NEVER FORGET.