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

Primo Levi, reflecting on his survival in Auschwitz, wrote that “there was no use closing our eyes or turning our backs, because it was all around us, in every direction, as far as the horizon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

The King, who last year became the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz, also told 100-year-old survivor Lasker-Wallfish that it was "wonderful" to have her join the reception.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

The numbers swelled: in 1944 alone, nearly 500,000 men, women, and children were transported to Auschwitz.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee