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February 4, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/the-boy-who-drew-auschwitz-how-one-child-survivor-saw-the-holocaust/

The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

(Jewish News-UK) Francine Wolfisz - Thomas Geve was 13 when he entered Auschwitz and began making sketches of what he witnessed. 75 years later, more than 80 of his sketches are presented alongside his narrative of events in the just published The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz. Speaking over Zoom from his home in Israel, where he emigrated in 1950, the now 91-year-old survivor tells me the drawings serve as a continuous reminder of his story and why he feels it is imperative to continue to educate people about the Holocaust. "I still think about it and know about it. It was my life," he explains.

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