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MARION EIN LEWIN

MARION EIN LEWIN

(AMSTERDAM/THE NETHERLANDS 1938)

BERGEN-BELSEN WESTERBORK PLAYED WITH LICE IMMIGRATED SILENT FOR DECADES

Bergen-Belsen in 1944/Westerbork transit camp for six months

Developed a secret language with her twin brother to fool SS.

“For our sixth birthday, my father sold his wedding ring so we could have a sandwich. We ate it over three months.”

Used lice for toys and learned to count on dead bodies

Her grandmother died four weeks before they were liberated

The first time she saw a flower was after liberation

Marion did not talk about her experiences for decades

Immigration to the United States in 1947

Lest We Forget Washington, D.C. 11-05-2018