Auschwitz

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More than 35 years after surviving Auschwitz, Edith Eva Eger returned to the Nazi concentration camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Part of me was left in Auschwitz, but not the better part. Not the bigger part.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

“There was another girl. A thirteen-year-old Polish girl named Lizzy Sobek who escaped from Auschwitz and worked for the resistance. ”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben