Selma van de Perre - "My Name Is Selma"

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Author Selma van de Perre, a Nazi concentration camp survivor and Jewish resistance fighter, discusses "My Name Is Selma" and the need to highlight atrocities. Originally aired May 2021. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.8	BAM!
0:05.0	Selma, Fandapare.
0:06.4	Welcome to the Daily Social Distance Show.
0:09.4	You're welcome.
0:10.6	You have lived a life that is remarkable.
0:13.2	It has been a life filled with triumphs, trials, tribulations.
0:18.0	And you are now telling your story.
0:20.3	You have lived as a Jewish resistance fighter.
0:24.0	You survived a concentration camp.
0:27.2	And now, on May 5th,
0:29.7	the Netherlands are celebrating 76 years of liberation from the Nazi occupation.
0:36.3	Why do you think May 5th is so important to many people and especially to yourself?
0:41.2	May the 5th.
0:42.2	Oh, well, because it is...
0:46.0	It is rather a good thing to remember,
0:50.2	because we were free from German occupation.
0:54.8	And no people are celebrating today.
0:56.9	But many people lost lives and families.
1:02.1	And are not ready to celebrate every time free of them.
1:06.7	I think today, before yesterday, was very much more important.
1:11.6	Because that was the day of the death.
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