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Questions I am asked about the Holocaust, Hédi Fried ; translated from the Swedish by Alice E. Olsson

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Questions I am asked about the Holocaust

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Hédi Fried ; translated from the Swedish by Alice E. Olsson

"There are no stupid questions, nor any forbidden ones, but there are some questions that have no answer.' Hedi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern Europe and transported them to Auschwitz, where her parents were murdered and she and her sister were forced into hard labour until the end of the war. Now ninety-four, she has spent her life educating young people about the Holocaust and answering their questions about one of the darkest periods in human history. Questions like, 'How was it to live in the camps?', 'Did you dream at night?', 'Why did Hitler hate the Jews?', and 'Can you forgive?"

Ẁhat is the worst thing that has happened to you?' -- Ẁhy did Hitler hate the Jews?' -- Ẁhat was your life like before the war?' -- Ẁhen did you realise that your family was in danger?' -- ̀How could an entire people get behind Hitler?' -- Ẁhy did you not fight back?' -- Ẁhat do you remember from your arrival in Auschwitz?' -- Ẁhat did it mean to have your sister with you in the camps?' -- Ẁhat was it like to live in the camps?' -- Ẁere you always hungry?' -- Ẁhat languages were spoken in Auschwitz?' -- Ẁhat helped you to survive?' -- Ẁas there solidarity in the camp? -- Ẁhat was it like to be a woman in the camps?' -- Ẁhat was it like to have your period?' -- Ẁere you raped?' -- Ẁere you afraid of death?' -- ̀How were you dressed?' -- ̀Did you get ill?' -- Ẁere there kind SS soldiers?' -- ̀Did you dream at night?' -- Ẁhat was the best?' -- Ẁhen did you realise that there was a genocide happening? -- ̀How did you picture your life after the war?' -- Ẁhat happened to your sister? -- ̀How many people from your hometown survived the war?' -- Ẁere you jubilant when you were liberated?' -- Ẁhy did you choose Sweden?' -- ̀How were you received in Sweden?' -- ̀How did you deal with your trauma?' -- Ẁhat made you start lecturing?' -- ̀Do you feel Swedish?' -- ̀Do you see yourself in today's refugees?' -- ̀Have you ever been threatened by neo-Nazis?' -- ̀Do you hate the Germans?' -- ̀Have you met a perpetrator?' -- Àre you able to forgive?' -- ̀Have you travelled back to your hometown?' -- ̀How often do you think about your time in the camps?' -- ̀How does it feel to grow old?' -- Àfter everything, do you believe in God?' -- Ẁhat is your view of the future?' -- Ẁhat can we learn from the Holocaust?' -- ̀Could it happen again?'