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Do you still have your 4 pebbles? |
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No, I discarded them long ago. |
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How much did you weigh upon liberation? |
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I weighed 16 kilos, or as we know it in the US, 35 pounds. |
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How old are you? |
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I was born December 20, 1934. You will have to do the math! |
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What does the word Holocaust mean? |
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The word "holocaust" is derived from a Greek translation of a phrase in Genesis and means "total burning." The Holocaust refers to the murder of six million Jews and the destruction of more than 5,000 European Jewish communities at the hands of the Nazis and their allies from 1933 to 1945. -From the Holocaust Memorial Center of Michigan
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What was the SS? |
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The Schutzstaffel ("defense squadron"), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that was a principal component of the Nazi party. The SS was led by Heinrich Himmler from 1929 until it was disbanded in 1945 with the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The Nazis regarded the SS as an elite unit, the Party`s "praetorian guard", with all SS personnel selected on racial and ideological grounds. The SS was distinguished from the German military, Nazi Party, and German state officials by their own SS ranks, SS unit insignia, and SS uniforms. The SS played a key role in The Holocaust: SS Einsatzgruppen units massacred over one million civilians, mostly Jews, in mass shootings; SS leader Heinrich Himmler was one of the chief architects of the Final Solution; and SS units rounded up Jews and ran the concentration camps and extermination camps in which millions of Jews, Poles, and Roma were killed. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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What was your worst emotion when you were in Bergen-Belsen? |
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The emotion of fear, the fear of what would happen to us next, the fear of who would die next, the fear of whether my mother would return from her work duties. Fear was definitely my worst emotion. |
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