Family History affected by Nazi Crimes

Personal Stories

The descendants’ personal stories as told in articles and interviews are central to the blog.

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MY FATHER SURVIVED THREE YEARS IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP. MY GRANDMOTHER DIED in MAY 1945 IN A PSYCHIATRIC UNIT.

by Jörg Watzinger 11/06/2019
Jörg Watzinger has been following up the history of his family during the Nazi era for many years. Karl Otto Watzinger, his father, is at the centre of his research.…
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The connection between the past and the present

by Roslyn Eldar 28/05/2019
Impressions from the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial Roslyn Eldar’s mother Lili Ruttner survived the Muna Lübberstedt satellite camp of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp. After the war Lili built a new…
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From silence to commemorating together as a family

by Lori Ellis 05/04/2019
For decades Lori Ellis had only a vague idea of what her mother Sophie had experienced in three Nazi concentration camps. When Sophie’s grandchildren became old enough to learn about…
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More surprising encounters in Northern Germany

by Roslyn Eldar 28/02/2019
In her first article “My family made bombs for Nazi Germany as slave laborers during WWII” Roslyn Eldar, the daughter of a former Neuengamme concentration camp prisoner, shared her experiences…
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“I wish my uncles could have had more time to make their mark on this Earth.”

by Linda Ganzini 14/02/2019
Linda Ganzini is the author of the upcoming novel “Lilia” based on the story of her mother Lilia Meneguzzi whose coming-of-age in an Italian village was overshadowed by the fear…
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“My family made bombs for Nazi Germany as slave laborers during WWII”

by Roslyn Eldar 04/12/2018
Roslyn Eldar is the daughter of Lili Ruttner who was originally from Tacova (Czechoslovakia). Lili and six other family members survived Lübberstedt-Bilohe, a satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp,…
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The son of a member of the French Résistance: Interview with Jean-Michel Gaussot

by Jean-Michel Gaussot 09/01/2018
In “Ode au grand absent qui ne m’a jamais quitté“, published in 2016 by L’Harmattan, Jean-Michel Gaussot, son of a member of the French Résistance who died in a Nazi…
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Memories of a Polish prisoner’s daugther

by Urszula Derengowska-Spinkiewicz 05/09/2017
Childhood during World War II I was born 01.05.1940 in Warsaw. In my early childhood during World War II I experienced all kinds of terror under the occupation of Nazi-Germany. …
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Who was Roosje Glaser?

by Katja Hertz-Eichenrode 28/08/2017
Sometimes there are no easy answers The Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught presents interested institutions in the Netherlands and abroad with the chance of borrowing the exhibition „Dancing with the Enemy“ about the…
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“The image I have of my grand-father has always been the same, that of a hero, therefore a role model.”

by Yvonne Cossu-Alba 21/08/2017
The image I have of my Grand-father has always been the same, that of a hero, therefore a role model Robin Evans is the grandson of Pascal Vallicioni who was…

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