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My question: How did the treatment of the Jews compare from one concentration camp to the next?

Historical Inquiry Project:

Paul Harvey Draft:
 * Lucille Eichengreen
 * between '41 and '45 spent time in Auschwitz, the Polish ghetto, Bergen-Belsen, Dessauerufer, and Neungamme.
 * both parents were dead by the time she was 17; she felt responsible to care for her younger sister
 * liberated from Bergen-Belsen in April '45
 * How did she overcome her struggles? How did she go on a live a normal life?
 * friendships
 * She married and had three children
 * only told her husband about her experiences once
 * never told her children about her experiences
 * was religious as a child but not after spending time in the camps
 * considered suicide but never attempted it
 * why?
 * cowardly
 * saw others do it and it seemed a very painful way to die
 * didn't really want to die
 * worked for British military after being liberated
 * helped them find and capture German SS soldiers
 * she was upset because they got light sentences and pensions
 * disappointed to find out that many Jews in America had no idea what had happened in Europe during the war
 * wrote a book: From Ashes to Life: My Memories of the Holocaust
 * received title of honorary doctor of language, culture, and literature from the University of Giessen in 2007







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