Gyorgy Kun, survivor of Auschwitz twin experiments, dies at 93

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Gyorgy Kun, a Hungarian Jew, was 12 when he stepped off the cattle car that delivered him and his family to Auschwitz in 1944.

Seared into his memory was their encounter with the Nazi physician he believed to be Josef Mengele. Known as the “angel of death,” Mengele was among the officials who performed selections on the arrival ramp at Auschwitz, determining the fate of new prisoners with the motion of a hand. One way led to work, the other to the gas chambers.

As another thread pointed out, we are losing the last of the WWII veterans to old age. We are also losing the last of the direct victims of the Holocaust.

This is dangerous, because time will allow those with agendas to pretend it didn't happen, or it wasn't as bad as it was described, or chalk it up to the horrors of war.

Stories like this need to be documented, survivors need to be recorded telling their stores.

I still remember the chill I got when seeing an older Jewish customer, at the pharmacy I worked at in high school, with the tattoo on his arm. He must have realized I knew what it was. He didn't say anything, just sadly nodded.

 

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As another thread pointed out, we are losing the last of the WWII veterans to old age. We are also losing the last of the direct victims of the Holocaust.

This is dangerous, because time will allow those with agendas to pretend it didn't happen, or it wasn't as bad as it was described, or chalk it up to the horrors of war.

Stories like this need to be documented, survivors need to be recorded telling their stores.

I still remember the chill I got when seeing an older Jewish customer, at the pharmacy I worked at in high school, with the tattoo on his arm. He must have realized I knew what it was. He didn't say anything, just sadly nodded.

Its a wonder anyone survived that hell.