Roslyn Eldar
My beautiful mother, Lily Ruttner, was born on 29 November 1925 to Berta and Avraham Ruttner. She had three older brothers, Julius, Josef and Markus, and one younger sister, Elza. The family lived at 35 Hustka Ulica, Ťačovo, Czechoslovakia. Ťačovo was a small town, idyllically situated on a fertile plain between the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and … Read more
In her fourth article about her visit to Germany in 2018 Roslyn Eldar describes her visit to Muna Lübberstedt, the former satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, where her mother and other family members had had to do forced labour in an amunition factory. Her article illustrates the importance of family history across the … Read more
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 life in Australia. In May 2018 Roslyn accepted an invitation by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial to attend the commemorative services held on the 73rd … Read more
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 visiting Hamburg (Germany) on the occassion of the 73rd anniversary of the end of the war and the liberation of the camps. Here she reflects … Read more
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, where they worked in the ammunition production. Out of the six family members two are still alive today: Elizabeth Just, Lili’s younger sister lives in … Read more
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