[Survivor Testimony and archive]
Steven was 9 -years-old when he was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto in Czechoslovakia from Westerbork Transit Camp in the Netherlands. He talks about the starvation rations he and his mother and two brothers received while they were prisoners there. He describes how his mother would mix breadcrumbs with warm water to make a kind of paste for her sons which she would serve to them in turn, one mouthful at a time, never taking a spoonful herself, even though she must have been so hungry. Steven remembers the other hungry children watching them, but such were his levels of hunger at the time, he couldn’t think about anything other than having this food for himself.
[Survivor Testimony and archive]
Steven was 9 -years-old when he was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto in Czechoslovakia from Westerbork Transit Camp in the Netherlands. He talks about the starvation rations he and his mother and two brothers received while they were prisoners there. He describes how his mother would mix breadcrumbs with warm water to make a kind of paste for her sons which she would serve to them in turn, one mouthful at a time, never taking a spoonful herself, even though she must have been so hungry. Steven remembers the other hungry children watching them, but such were his levels of hunger at the time, he couldn’t think about anything other than having this food for himself.
Gerhard witnessed how elderly Jews were abused as slave labourers by local collaborators.
Manfred was 12 when he was a slave labourer in a work camp in Poland.
Steven was 8 when he was attacked by a guard dog at Westerbork Transit Camp in the Netherlands.
Steven was 8 when he was a prisoner in Westerbork Transit Camp. He describes the unsanitary conditions.
Susan was 14 when she arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. She describes the selection process for life, or death.
Mala was 14 when she was sent to Ravensbruck. She describes what happened to her when she arrived.
Susan was 14 when she was marched before Mengele to decide if she was suitable for slave labour.
Ludwika was a Polish prisoner nurse at Auschwitz-Birkenau who worked for Joseph Mengele.
Manfred was 14 when he was forced on to a death march.
Mala was 14 when she arrived at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Peter was 5 when he was transported to Bergen-Belsen with his mother.
