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What Were the Odds? Four Stories of Survival.

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What Were the Odds? Four Stories of Survival.

One family's stories of survival of the Holocaust are an incredible testiment to perseverience and luck. Piecing together his family's history has enabled Arik to gain a deeper understanding of the tragedies that shaped his grandparents' lives as well as providing insight into how those tragedies have impacted the family through generations.

 

Arik Cohen

Arik Cohen as over 25 years of experience in Product Management at Microsoft and Meta across a set of applications, games and platforms that are used daily by hundreds of millions of users around the world. In 2014, Arik started digging into his family’s history and that led to his involvment as a Legacy Speaker and Board Member for the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle, Washington. Arik has shared the story of the incredible odds that his grandparents faced in surviving the Holocaust,the impacts it had on them and the generations that followed to over 10,000 students and community members across the United States and beyond. As a board member, Arik has championed the furthering of Holocaust and genocide education in Washington state. Arik holds a B.Sc. in Math and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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