Auschwitz

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A younger student gave her “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl, who described how he had survived Auschwitz partly by realizing that other inmates needed his help.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Eger forced herself to face down her fear of flashbacks by walking through the ruins of Auschwitz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory play tells of Alfred Nakache, a French swimmer of Algerian Jewish descent who finished ahead of Nazi competitors at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, joined the Resistance and survived Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Dr Marcel Ladenheim, who was hidden by a French family during the Holocaust after his father was killed at Auschwitz, said he now felt "worried" for his children and grandchildren.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Would you rock the boat and speak out, or would you remain silent, as the people of Auschwitz did?

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers