Right View: The Life Of Marton Sternberg, Part 6
From Camp To Camp
In Part 5, Marton and his fellow inmates were marched from Wustegiersdorf on February 16 and finally reached Bergen-Belsen in the beginning of April after a...
Cooking In Ravensbrück: The Life Of Olga Elek, Part 28
One of the preoccupations of the ladies in Ravensbrück, as in many other camps, was the constant “cooking:” describing recipes and lavish dinners that they had once prepared or...
Death March And Liberation: The Life Of Olga Elek, Part 29
In Part 28, Olga and her friends try to help a fellow inmate who can no longer walk, but the SS drag the woman away by her legs and...
The Right View: The Life Of Olga Elek, Part 27
By Dr. Alex Sternberg
Ravensbrück had over 50 sub-camps. One of these sub-camps, Sachsenhausen, had 32 sub-camps of its own. These sub-camps were different in size and condition. Olga stayed...
The Right View: The Life of Marton Sternberg, Part 2
Jewish life in Szegi consisted of a handful of Orthodox Jewish families. Religious life was limited to only Shabbos as there was no minyan during the weekdays. On weekdays,...
The Life Of Olga Elek, Part 31
In Part 30, Olga and her friends try to find their way out of Germany back toward Hungary.
They continued to make their way slowly but surely, city by city,...
Right View: Hungarian Jewish History, Part One
The presence of Jews in the Hungarian Duna basin coincides with the appearance of Roman legionnaires and can be traced back to the second or third century AD. Evidence...
Right View: The Life Of Olga Elek, Part 32
In Part 31, Olga returns to Hungary and finds her aunt. She decides to make her way back to Dombovar to reclaim her home and possessions.
Olga boarded the train...
Right View: Life Of Marton Sternberg, Part 7
Liberation Of Bergen-Belsen
In Part 6, Marton was ordered to bury the dead in gigantic pits in Bergen-Belsen. It was obvious that the war was nearing its end, but he...
The Right View: Slave Of The Nazis
The Life Of Marton Sternberg, Part 5
In Part 4, Marton arrives in Auschwitz and is given a prisoner number and uniform.
After a few weeks in Auschwitz, Marton and his...