Why did I survive?
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
page of ID sheet
This is a page of an original document from the archives of the National Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau which lists the name of Solomon Radasky. It concerns a transfer of prisoners from Auschwitz to Dachau. Solomon Radasky (Slama Radosinski) had Auschwitz No. 128232 and is the 1043rd person on the list. His profession is listed as Schneider (Tailor). Page 1 of this document can be viewed in the Photo Gallery
CHILD'S LETTER FROM THE HOLOCAUST
Eva Galler's aunt Helen moved to Israel and married uncle Joseph. The children in the Galler's household sent greetings to the betrothed, and this letter was recovered after the war. Yiddish is written in Hebrew characters and reads from right to left: From me, Pinchas Vogel. Dear Helen, What is going on? Are you healthy? Regards, Berele. I would fly to your wedding. I will send you a photo. Regards to you and your husband, Malka. I had a very good report card. I am doing well in school. Malka. The drawing of the man and woman is by Devorah.
hitler at rally
Nazi party holds mass meeting in Buckeberg in 1934. Other Nazi officials walk behind Hitler. This was one of the cigarette coupon photographs. Cigarette coupons could be redeemed for a series of photographs of Adolf Hitler taken by his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.
BURNING OF CORPSES
Members of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau burn corpses in open pits during the summer of 1944. When the crematoria ovens were not functioning properly, or were insufficient to dispose of the huge volume of corpses, the bodies were burned and then buried in ditches. These photographs from Birkenau were made secretly by members of the Polish resistance, and several of them were smuggled to England.
radasky id number
Frieda Radasky holds the arm of her husband, Solomon Radasky, next to the tattoo of his Auschwitz registration number, 128232. The numerals add up to 18 which forms the word "life" in Hebrew. Mr. Radasky worked near the crematoria hauling sand to spread over the ashes of the dead.
The Auschwitz numbers ran from 1 to over 202,000. Those selected for death were not registered in the camp and did not receive numbers.
my own thoughts
When I think of the Holocaust I wonder what must have been going through Adolf Hitler's mind, What would make him want to kill 6million people? Why would he do such horrific things to these people like put them in a concentration camp, an torture them and kill them in such ways that are disturbing to think about and what drove him to do these things.
There are many theory's to why he did these things, but I don't think we will ever truly know what drove him to do these things.