Auschwitz
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Just days before he believed he would be shipped to Auschwitz, which meant certain death, he escaped alongside Erno Erbstein, another Jewish coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
When the German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno doubted the possibility of poetry after Auschwitz, Celan replied with the asperity of one who knew where barbarism had lodged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory play tells of Alfred Nakache, a French swimmer of Algerian Jewish descent who finished ahead of Nazi competitors at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, joined the Resistance and survived Auschwitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
The King, who last year became the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz, also told 100-year-old survivor Lasker-Wallfish that it was "wonderful" to have her join the reception.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Jack learned his aunt had been married two years before she was deported to Auschwitz and had since been reunited with her husband.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
