“For a time, Schleifstein was hidden by his father with the help of two anti-fascist German prisoners, but he was eventually discovered. The SS guards took a liking to him and came to treat him as a “camp mascot”, having a small camp uniform made for him and having him take part in morning appells, where he would salute the guard and report, “All prisoners accounted for.”
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September 15, 2014 | Categories: History, History of Rhetoric, Holocaust, Human History, Images of History, Life under siege, Military History, Modern Warfare, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird, World War Two | Tags: Adolf Hitler, black and white photography, Death, Europe, Fight, France, German, Germany, Government, historic, Historical, History, Hitler, holocaust survivor, human history, Joseph Schleifstein, Military, Military history, Nazi, Photo, Photography, Politics, Power, Schleifstein, Society, SS guard, SS guards, USA, War, Warfare, Weird, World History, WW2 | Leave a comment
…whose music saved countless lives during her two years at the Terezin-Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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February 23, 2014 | Categories: History, Military History, Modern Warfare, Nightmares of World War II, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Uncategorized, World War Two | Tags: 110 years old, Adolf Hitler, concentration camp, Death, Europe, Fight, France, German, Germany, Government, History, Hitler, Holocaust, holocaust survivor, Jewish, Life, Military, Military history, music, Nazi, Photo, Photography, Politics, Power, R.I.P., RIP, Society, survival, War, Warfare, Weird, World War two, WW2 | Leave a comment
I hope to be remembered for my atrocities! 