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I was born in Lodz, Poland, the youngest of five children. We were an assimilated family. Friends of German descent encouraged us to escape, but we stayed. I spent four years in the Lodz Ghetto, a true “hell on earth”. I survived Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen. The Nazis took our dignity and the lives of our loved ones. My siblings and I survived. I was liberated at Meltoire Factory. My mind races and rejoices at the possibilities of the human intellect, but my heart is concerned. As long as there is hatred and prejudice, there is potential for its abuses. Thus, I am cautiously optimistic.

 

Mary Natan

Lodz, Poland