The Forgotten Victims
An eyewitness account of non-Jews in the
holocaust
by Harley Berger, Vice-President
We've all heard of the Nazi atrocities committed against Jews during WWII,
but approximately four million of those who died in the holocaust were not
Jewish. Despite the staggering numbers involved, non-Jewish victims are
seldom included as a significant part of the holocaust story. Marion
Szczepanski was born and baptized a Roman Catholic in Zwollen, Poland in
1920. He was arrested in September, 1940 and sent to the Auschwitz
concentration camp in a cattle car. His crime was simply being Polish.
Despite the countless inhuman acts he witnessed and suffered, Mr.
Szczepanski claims to owe his life to hardheadedness and to his refusal,
time and again, to die at the hands of the Nazis.
Join us on Saturday, April 16, when Mr. Szczepanski, will provide an
account of the holocaust from a too often overlooked perspective. |
