Alwin Meyer - Never Forget Your Name

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2 Title Page NEVER FORGET YOUR NAME The Children of Auschwitz Alwin Meyer Translated by Nick Somers polity

3 Copyright Page Copyright Page Originally published in German as Vergiss deinen Namen nicht. Die Kinder von Auschwitz by Alwin Meyer © Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2015 This English edition © Polity Press, 2022 The translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International – Translation Funding for Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society VG WORT and the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association). The publishers gratefully acknowledge Catriona Corke’s contribution to the English translation. Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4550-6 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021941498 by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Dedication Dedication This book is dedicated to Janek (Jack) Mandelbaum, without whose generosity the English translation would not have been possible. Having survived five Nazi concentration camps and the murder of his parents, sister and brother during the Holocaust, he has spent the last seventy-five years educating people about this dark period of history. His contribution to the publication of this book is part of that noble effort.

5 Preface Notes

6 Acknowledgements

7 Life Before Notes

8 ‘That’s When My Childhood Ended’ Notes

9 ‘The Hunt for Jews Began’ Notes

10 Gateway to Death Notes

11 ‘As If in a Coffin’ Notes

12 Oświęcim – Oshpitzin – Auschwitz Notes

13 Children of Many Languages Notes

14 Small Children, Mothers and Grandmothers Notes

15 ‘Di 600 Inglekh’ and Other Manuscripts Found in Auschwitz Notes

16 Births in Auschwitz Notes

17 ‘Twins! Where Are the Twins?’ Notes

18 ‘To Be Free at Last!’ Notes

19 Transports, Death Marches and Other Camps Notes

20 Dying? What’s That? Notes

21 Alive Again! Notes

22 Who Am I? Notes

23 ‘… The Other Train Is Always There’ Notes

24 Note on the Interviews

25 Index

26 Plates

27 End User License Agreement

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