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May 4, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Saved-by-a-braid-in-Auschwitz-453001

Selected for Life by Dr. Mengele

(Jerusalem Post) Shira Leibowitz-Schmidt - Livia Bitton Jackson recounted her initiation into Auschwitz and selection for life by Dr. Josef Mengele in a talk in Netanya this week: "On May 31, 1944, during the fourth night of the train ride from the ghetto, the train comes to a halt. A huge sign catches my eye: Auschwitz. An officer in a gray SS uniform stands facing the lines." "He looks at me with friendly eyes. 'Goldene Haar!' he exclaims in German and takes one of my long braids into his hand....'Are you Jewish?' 'Yes, I am Jewish.' 'How old are you?' 'Thirteen.' 'You are tall for your age. Is this your mother?' With his riding stick he shoves Mommy and me to the group going to the right. 'Go. And remember, from now on you're 16.'"

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