Remembering the Holocaust: A survivor's story
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. In this episode, we'll hear the story of Manfred Goldberg, one of a dwindling number of survivors who are still able to give their testimony firsthand.
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Guests:
Josh Glancy, Special correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Manfred Goldberg, Holocaust survivor.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: BBC, Kitty - Return to Auschwitz, The World at War.
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| 0:29.6 | The only person I lost in the camps was my younger brother. |
| 0:34.6 | But what was his name? |
| 0:36.6 | His name was Herman. |
| 0:39.6 | Every new miss heard me. |
| 0:41.6 | H-E-R-E-M-I. |
| 0:43.6 | The three of us, my little brother, |
| 0:46.6 | I and my mother were sent to the camps. |
| 0:52.6 | My brother survived for two years. |
| 0:55.6 | He was taken to the camps in 1941. |
| 0:58.6 | In 1943, I was aged 13. |
| 1:01.6 | I became a part of our slave labour gang. |
| 1:05.6 | We had to go out and work on the railways. |
| 1:09.6 | The Allies were bombing the German railway lines. |
| 1:13.6 | And close to our camp, and that's all we did. |
| 1:17.6 | Seven days a week for one year, about camp. |
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