Haya was marched to an execution spot. To this day, Hannah … - Karen Pollock

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Haya was marched to an execution spot.
To this day, Hannah freezes as she recalls the moment she saw her mother fall, saw blood on the snow, and understood that her mother was not coming back.
Hannah was seven years old.
Incredibly, Hannah survived.

Karen Pollock

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Karen Emma Pollock CBE (born May 1974) is a British writer, activist and chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

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And when eventually the remnants of European Jewry were liberated from concentration camps and hiding places, you could be forgiven for believing that the flame of antisemitic hatred had burnt out.
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