Tag: Auschwitz
Raphaël Esrail, president of the Union of Auschwitz deportees, died at 96
Raphaël Esrail, president and “incarnation” of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees (UDA), died of cancer on Saturday at Lannion hospital (Côtes-d’Armor), at the age of 96. announced the UDA this…
José Rodrigues Dos Santos’ “Birkenau manuscript” follows with horror the “Magician of Auschwitz”
Alain Raimbault, contributor to the reading group 20 minutes Books, recommend you The Birkenau manuscript by José Rodrigues Dos Santos, continuation (and end) of Magician of Auschwitz, published on October…
Auschwitz survivor Erna de Vries: Oliver Polak says goodbye – culture
On Sunday morning I was woken up by a WhatsApp message from my mother: “Sad news, today Erna died. She turned 98, one of the very last witnesses to the…
Erna de Vries died – culture
The Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness Erna de Vries is dead. She died early Sunday morning in her house in Lathen in Emsland, her daughter Ruth de Vries confirmed on…
Peter Gardosch: The boy who survived Auschwitz – Dachau
“At 13 through hell” – that’s the name of his book. It was published in 2019 and the title sums up what happened to Dachau survivor Peter Johann Gardosch quite…