Sally discusses her difficult time living in the Parschnitz camp. She remembers going through a camp selection for Dr. Mengele and trying her absolute best to stay out of the way of the guards. Hope was the only thing that kept her going and she believed she still had a future. 

Manya describes the terrible conditions of Kratzau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.

Sala shows a photograph of herself wearing the rubber apron with the Yellow Star as a uniform during her forced labor assignment in the Gabersdorf concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.

Eta describes the physical condition of Hungarian prisoners from Auschwitz upon their arrival at Ober-Alstadt camp.

Esther describes humiliation she experienced and additional work she was made to perform at Ober-Alstadt.

Sala describes the struggle for survival at Schatzlar concentration camp and how she and her friends helped each other to survive.

Tosia describes the liberation of Gabersdorf concentration camp by the Soviet armed forces.

Dan Stone, PhD (Royal Holloway, University of London)
“Concentration Camps: A Global History”

Atina Grossmann, PhD (Cooper Union, New York)
“Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Lost Memories of Displacement, Trauma, and Rescue in the Soviet Union, Iran, and India​”