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Born in a Death Camp: The Baby Who Survived Bergen-Belsen

Ilana Kantorovich Shalem is believed to be among the youngest Holocaust survivors. She was born in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp just one month before its liberation. Her mother, Lola, concealed her pregnancy from the Nazis for nine months, fighting to bring life into a place defined by death. In a meeting at her home, Ilana shares the story of her mother’s courage, her father who was killed before he knew he had a daughter, and the life she went on to build—never seeing herself as a Holocaust survivor.

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