Auschwitz
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The name of a Scot who died in the Holocaust after refusing to abandon Jewish children in her care has been added to a special memorial wall at Auschwitz.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Members of Haining's family - Kevin O'Brien, Liz Harrigan and Patricia Audis - visited the exhibition this week during a study tour to Auschwitz, organised by the Renfrewshire branch of the Unison trade union.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Before them, the concentration camp at Auschwitz spread out, a desolate flat place surrounded by heavy chain-link fence, topped with coils of barbed wire.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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