Tajemství z Osvětimi - Skutečný příběh – Majewska-Brown Nina (2020)

I stand before the SS man on shaky, trembling legs. I don't have the courage to look him in the face... He presses the whip to my neck. I assume that soon he will put all his strength into this movement and choke me so that I cannot breathe. But for me, everything is different. He tucks the end of the whip under my chin and forces me to lift my head. I submit to his will, but I close my eyes so I don't have to see his face. "Open your eyes." I obediently open my eyelids and, with horror, gaze into his blue, almost turquoise eyes that are examining me. AN UNUSUAL STORY Behind every tattooed number on the forearm lies a cruel fate. Before us unfolds a long-hidden story of Stefanie, who experienced the hell of concentration camps firsthand. She was the wife of a prominent figure in the domestic resistance and because of him, she ended up in Auschwitz. As a hostage and victim of a 'male' war, she found herself on the front lines. Her battlefield was the camp barracks, the roll call square, and miles of electrified wires. Hunger, selection, and constant threats to life. Panic over her children, guilt, and pain. Yet she survived. She went through the hell of Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Flossenbürg, and survived the death march. A significant part of her survival was due to Jürgen, an SS guard. It was...