Funfteichen tracing Nate's footsteps
Metal identification tag worn by prisoner of Fünfteichen Concentration Camp.
Excerpts from The Long Night
Ernst Israel Bornstein was incarcerated in seven concentration camps, following a similar path to Nate Leipciger, before finally being liberated by American soldiers near Lake Starnberg in Bavaria on 30 April 1945. His book, The Long Night, tells his story.
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Watch The Long Night Animation
Holocaust Matters showcases carefully curated extracts from the vivid memoirs of Dr Ernst Israel Bornstein who survived seven Nazi labour and extermination camps.
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Fünfteichen Camp - In the Words of the Survivors
Survivors detail the camp, the forced labor, and the living conditions.
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Philip Raucher: Performed Dangerous Work, Then Hid Among Corpses
Phil Raucher, nearly 18 and recovering from a cold and fever, lay on a bunk in the sick block as the SS began evacuating the Funfteichen concentration camp in western Poland.
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