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They survived Auschwitz (Swiss Press Text 2026, by Rebecca Wyss) - Swiss Press Award

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2026

Rebecca Wyss

“Yes, that’s where we were imprisoned. In the death block.” Alfred Popper says this as I stand with him in front of a brick barracks in Auschwitz. He and his brother Rudolf were imprisoned in the concentration camp as children. Because they were Jewish. On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, they have now returned to the site of the horror. For the first time. A report.

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