EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHTFünfteichen Metal identification tag worn by prisoner of Funfteichen Concentration Camp by prisoner 13656. A blue and white string is inserted through a hole at the…
Julie Kangisser19th July 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHTFünfteichenErnst spots a friend, Otto Schwerdt, who he had done some favours for in Märkstadt “If I did not succeed in leaving Block Five in good…
Julie Kangisser29th September 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHTFünfteichen In the evening we had to be deloused before we were chased onto our planks. At this procedure we had to get undressed and scrupulously examine…
Julie Kangisser29th September 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Fünfteichen A few days later, when we were due to depart, one of the junior Kapos failed to appear. I was appointed in his place…
Julie Kangisser25th October 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Fünfteichen “As always and everywhere, the “Muselmen” were easy prey for the Kapos. Their attention span was such that they could only just grasp the…
Julie Kangisser25th October 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Death march to Grossrosen “With the butts of their rifles the SS kept chasing and forced us to go faster and faster until we were…
Julie Kangisser25th October 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Death march to Grossrosen “As we struggled onward those whose bowels ached with pain groaned, “Slower, let’s have a break!” Slowly this mutinous chorus grew.…
Julie Kangisser25th October 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Death march to Grossrosen After spending the night in a barn the death march prisoners were awoken with a shrill blast of a whistle. Silver…
Julie Kangisser25th October 2017
EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Death march to Gross Rosen “I viewed the trail of death with neither fear nor excitement. When they fell back and rejected the support of…
Julie Kangisser10th November 2017
