The special bond shared by 3 of the Holocaust's youngest survivors
Summary
Three women gave birth to babies while surviving Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. These children, now around 80 years old, are among the youngest survivors of the Holocaust because their mothers hid their pregnancies from Nazi guards under dangerous conditions.Key Facts
- Anka Bergman gave birth to Eva Clarke on April 29, 1945, at the Mauthausen concentration camp.
- Clarke, Hana Berger-Moran, and Mark Olsky are the three youngest known survivors born during the Holocaust.
- Their mothers were Jewish prisoners from Czechoslovakia and Poland who were sent to Nazi camps like Auschwitz and Terezin.
- Pregnant women risked death if discovered by Nazi guards in the camps.
- The mothers concealed their pregnancies despite being forced into harsh slave labor, such as making parts for German planes in Freiberg, Germany.
- Nazi doctor Josef Mengele conducted prisoner selections and questioned pregnant women.
- The mothers survived severe starvation, forced labor, and brutal camp conditions while keeping their pregnancies hidden.
- The children survived because their mothers gave birth shortly before the end of the war and the camps’ liberation.
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