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Surviving the Holocaust: Sophie Engelsman's Story

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Sophie Engelsman was born in 1926 in Rotterdam, Holland. In 1943, the population of the hospital she worked in as a nurse was evacuated to Westerbork Transit Camp. Working as a slave laborer, she survived serious illness in Sobibor, Lublin, Trawniki, Katowice, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Raguhn. Liberated from Theresienstadt on the brink of death with typhus, Sophie was reunited with surviving family members, and emigrated to Israel in 1949, where she became a midwife. As a midwife, Sophie has delivered all of her 21 grandchildren.

For more details, click here: http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/remembrance/2005/engelsman.asp

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  • she must be very strong to take all that missery and pain.I admire her!!

  • I can't imagine how horrible it must be to loose your entire family like this. I truly admire this woman.

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  • doe s she have a dutch Hebrew accent ?

  • As a side note, I find it very interesting to hear the different accents that come through as the survivors speak Hebrew. The Dutch accent is very strong and it comes through here. One can only imagine what it was like to live through the hell of the Holocaust.

  • What a wonderful testimony to courage and perseverance....

  • damn i almost teared .. im glad she ade her dream of becoming a nurse true

  • Ze sipoor meod margish, asoor lashkachat!!!!!!

  • Admire Everyone surviver....... we had a holocaust survivor come to our school....teachers werein tears:(

  • Aangrijpend een verhaal te bekijken van je eigen achternicht te bekijken.......eindelijk na zoveel jaar van zwijgen.....

    Kol Hakavod!

    Eduard Huisman

  • This has to be one of the most inspirational yet saddest things I've ever watched. I can't imagine life without my family around me; you are truly an amazing woman and I respect you dearly. God bless-3

  • I cant even imagine the pain and suffering you must have went through. I am happy you have found peace in this world.. God bless you.

  • @randy109 how about a refference to this "well documented fact"

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