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Herschel Balter reflects on how important music was to him while imprisoned in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.  He sings the same lullaby he used to sing while in the camp.
auschwitz, male, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary / Friday, March 14, 2014
Itka Zygmuntowicz reflects on the camp orchestra within Auschwitz that was forced to play music while inmates were sent to the crematoria.
auschwitz, female, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary / Friday, March 14, 2014
Kitty Hart-Moxon recalls being able to see Crematorium 4 from her barrack window at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
auschwitz, female, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary / Friday, March 14, 2014
Linda Breder was a Kanada Kommando in Auschwitz who collected inmates' belongings they were forced to leave behind. Linda remembers how a Nazi soldier disciplined inmates complaining of thirst. Years later Breder testified at that soldier’s war crime trial.   
auschwitz, female, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary / Friday, March 14, 2014
Ruth Brand recalls the horrible intake procedures at Auschwitz including shaving her head, undressing in front of soldiers and only being given one dress.
auschwitz, female, jewish survivor, 70th Anniversary / Friday, March 14, 2014