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All Things Considered: Holocaust Survivor Part 1

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Featuring Ellen Davis, who as a Jewish child was forced to flee from Nazi Germany.

First of two programmes marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Featuring Ellen Davis who as a Jewish child fled from Nazi Germany.

Holocaust Memorial Day later this month falls on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

Six million Jews, and many others, were killed in the camps, but despite innumerable international declarations, and legislation intended to outlaw racism of any kind, anti-Semitism has never disappeared completely, and many fear it’s on the increase.

The stories of the dwindling numbers of survivors remain invaluable to understanding the holocaust.

Ellen Davis, from Swansea, was a child in Nazi Germany when she was put on a train and forced to leave behind both her parents and the brothers and sisters she had cared for all her life.  The trauma of that parting was immense.  She recounted her experiences in the book Kerry’s Children and at 91 she continues to speak out. 

To mark this anniversary, Roy Jenkins has delved into the All Things Considered archive for a two-part programme, first broadcast in 2005, in which Ellen Davis speaks to Peter Baker.

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