Fictional ‘survivor’ testimony
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Horror among humans, sanctuary with wolves
A Holocaust survivor speaks out after 50 years
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Death camp doctor dies at 85
NEW YORK — Dr. Hadassah Rosensaft, a Holocaust survivor who cared for 150 Jewish orphans at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and was later a spokeswoman for survivors, has died.
USHMM Recommends Wilkomirski — He’s Comparable to Wiesel (!)
Bill and Bob’s comments about relying on “the classics” of Holocaust literature resonated for me in interesting ways. On the one hand, I agree with them that Wiesel’s Night is not only one of the most powerful survivor memoirs that I have read and probably one of the most accessible to multiple reading levels. On the other hand, Holocaust literature has evolved over time as more survivors are willing to record their experiences and more diaries and documents from the time of the Holocaust are published. Additionally, there is much more interest in non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust now than in the past, and this corresponds to an increase in publications of their stories.
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Victims’ Voices: Holocaust Memorabilia Tells an Unforgettable Story
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Ilona Sugar was released as a very sick woman from a German concentration camp exactly 32 years ago. Sadistic Nazi doctors had performed medical experiments on her. They transplanted her heart to the right and her liver to the left without any anesthesia. This is known as vivisection. To this day Mrs. Sugar has not received a penny of restitution from Germany.
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