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Flossenbürg churchgoers

General view of Flossenbürg concentration camp after liberation by the US Army 99th Infantry Division, April 1945 EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT "We were wretched, despairing figures as we…

Julie Kangisser15th June 2017

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Crowding in the ghetto; businesses seized

EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHTLate summer 1940"Soon the abusive treatment to which we were subjected was intensified. A new decree compelled Jews to hand over their businesses to trustees. Jewish…

Julie Kangisser29th June 2017

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Searching for Christian values

EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHTFünfteichen “We arrived at Krupp and I was assigned to the group that supervised the electrical installations in Hall 4. … The group also included a number…

Julie Kangisser29th September 2017

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Rejecting Judaism provides no escape

EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT Fünfteichen "Whenever prisoners were transferred from one commando to another, it was always the weakest and the most unsuitable who were chosen. So, in this…

Julie Kangisser25th October 2017

Holocaust Matters

Holocaust Matters is an interactive educational tool for anyone interested in the Holocaust including schools and those with a professional or personal research interest. It is run by the family of Holocaust survivor Dr Ernst Israel Bornstein to showcase excerpts of his memoir ‘The Long Night’ which tells of his miraculous survival from seven Nazi labour and death camps during World War II.

Users can explore and learn from the historical topics and universal themes within the book.

As well as being a historical source Ernst’s survival story has thrown up sensational new perspectives on the Holocaust and how history is remembered or forgotten to this day.

Without the words as his legacy his story would be lost.

About Holocaust Matters

Users can explore and learn from the historical topics and universal themes within the book.

As well as being a historical source Ernst’s survival story has thrown up sensational new perspectives on the Holocaust and how history is remembered or forgotten to this day.

Without the words as his legacy his story would be lost.

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