Holocaust survivors are commemorating their lost loved ones as the world marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau By Vanessa Gera Associated Press January 27, 2021, 4:53 AM WARSAW, Poland — Tova Friedman hid among corpses at Auschwitz amid the chaos of the extermination camp’s final days. Just 6 years old at the time, […]
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Tova Friedman hid among corpses at Auschwitz amid the chaos of the extermination camp’s final days.
Just 6 years old at the time, the Poland-born Friedman was instructed by her mother to lie absolutely still in a bed at a camp hospital, next to the body of a young woman who had just died. As German forces preparing to flee the scene of their genocide went from bed to bed shooting anyone still alive, Friedman barely breathed under a blanket and went unnoticed.
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“We’re defying Hitler,” Tova Friedman told ABC News’ David Muir. “We won. … We remember those that died and we live a good life. We thrive here, not only survive.”
Few children were spared by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Survivors like Tova Friedman shared their memories of horror and stories of triumph.
NEW YORK – In the leadup to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, the World Jewish Congress has launched its seventh annual #WeRemember campaign, to learn from the past and protect the future.
ROSELLE, NJ – In honor of Genocide Awareness Month (the month of April) Leonard V. Moore Middle School in Roselle, welcomed one of the youngest Holocaust survivors to their school to talk to the sixth grade class on April 10.
Tova Friedman gives a detailed account of her experience during WWII. Including her time in Poland and the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
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Tova Friedman recounts how she and her mother hid in the camp’s hospital during the camp’s liquidation. The two were liberated a week later.
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“We are not allowing Hitler to win,” she told the Unity Club members. “I try to think of everything that might upset Hitler — and I do it.”
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