survival
"And we knew the only way we can survive if we will stay in the front."
"And it was by the greatest miracle that I survived."
"She would protect me, she would cover me when we were marching, rain, snow, cold."
"'David, you must survive and let the world know what happened.'"
"But as I was already 14 years old, I needed a job on my own in order to be spared."
"Everybody had to have somebody and if you, if you didn't them you didn't survive, no matter how strong you were."
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Agate (Agi) Rubin
Born 1930
CzechoslovakiaDescribes the role of interpersonal bonds in surviving the Auschwitz camp
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Steven Springfield
Born 1923
Riga, LatviaDescribes 1945 death march from Stutthof camp system (Burggraben camp)
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Bart Stern
Born 1926
HungaryDescribes role of friendships in survival at Auschwitz
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Cecilie Klein-Pollack
Born 1925
Korosmezo, CzechoslovakiaDescribes survival with sister in Auschwitz
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Blanka Rothschild
Born 1922
Lodz, PolandDescribes the role of sharing and friendship in surviving the conditions in the Lodz ghetto
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"And we knew the only way we can survive if we will stay in the front."
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Lily Mazur Margules
Born 1924
VilnaDescribes death march from a labor camp near Stutthof
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Thomas Buergenthal
Born May 11, 1934
Lubochna, Czechoslovakia
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"And it was by the greatest miracle that I survived."
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Bart Stern
Born 1926
HungaryDescribes how he survived to be liberated in the Auschwitz camp
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Charlene Schiff
Born 1929
Horochow, PolandDescribes foraging for food in order to survive in forests after escaping from the Horochow ghetto
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Fritzie Weiss Fritzshall
Born 1929
Klucarky, CzechoslovakiaDescribes receiving help from a prisoner in the "Kanada" detail upon arrival at Auschwitz
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Ruth Webber
Born 1935
Ostrowiec, PolandDescribes escaping from a selection held in the Auschwitz infirmary
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Sam Spiegel
Born 1922
Kozienice, PolandDescribes hiding in woods before being liberated
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Kate Bernath
Born 1927
Szikszo, HungaryDescribes psychology of survival in Auschwitz
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"She would protect me, she would cover me when we were marching, rain, snow, cold."
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Madeline Deutsch
Born 1930
Berehovo (Beregszasz), CzechoslovakiaDescribes her mother's sacrifices to help Madeline survive
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Ruth Meyerowitz
Born 1929
Frankfurt, GermanyDescribes surviving a selection for the gas chamber
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Cecilie Klein-Pollack
Born 1925
Korosmezo, CzechoslovakiaDescribes mother's actions to save Cecilie's sister's life upon arrival at Auschwitz
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Ruth Webber
Born 1935
Ostrowiec, PolandDescribes her mother's efforts to ensure her children's survival
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"'David, you must survive and let the world know what happened.'"
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David (Dudi) Bergman
Born 1931
Velikiye-Bychkov, CzechoslovakiaDescribes rescue by inmates before he could be taken to the Dachau crematorium
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Ruth Webber
Born 1935
Ostrowiec, PolandDescribes the Auschwitz crematoria
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Tomasz (Toivi) Blatt
Born 1927
Izbica, PolandDescribes Sobibor uprising
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"But as I was already 14 years old, I needed a job on my own in order to be spared."
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David (Dudi) Bergman
Born 1931
Velikiye-Bychkov, CzechoslovakiaRecalls importance of work for survival in the Plaszow labor camp
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Fritzie Weiss Fritzshall
Born 1929
Klucarky, CzechoslovakiaDescribes selection process in Auschwitz
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Lucine Horn
Born 1926
Lublin, PolandDescribes conditions in the Lublin ghetto
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Thomas Buergenthal
Born 1934
Lubochna, CzechoslovakiaDescribes reprieve, while he was in a forced-labor camp in Kielce, from a massacre of children
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Thomas Buergenthal
Born 1934
Lubochna, CzechoslovakiaDescribes one of the forced-labor camps in Kielce, and his work there
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Irene Weber
Born 1928
Sosnowiec, PolandDescribes how obtaining a work card could offer protection from deportation
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Mayer Adler
Born 1929
Brezova nad Bradlom, CzechoslovakiaDescribes surviving as a child in Auschwitz
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Dora Eiger
Born January 24, 1924
Radom, Poland
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