Gerhard Durlacher
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Gerhard Durlacher (M / Germany, 1928-1996), Holocaust survivor
Overview
Durlacher was born into a liberal Jewish family in Germany . In 1937 he settled in Rotterdam with his parents, after they had fled from the Nazis. The flight was not far enough. The family was arrested on 3 October 1942 and deported to Westerbork transit camp. Then to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. Gerhard Durlacher was one of the Birkenau Boys. Forced into a Death March, he was liberated by the Russians on May 8, 1945. His father perished in Bergen-Belsen, his mother in Stutthof.
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- Holocaust Children, 1928 (subject)
- Holocaust Children, Germany (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, Netherlands (subject)
- Westerbork (subject)
- Theresienstadt (subject)
- Czech Family Camp Auschwitz (subject)
- Birkenau Boys (subject)
- Auschwitz (subject)
- Death March (subject)
- Theresienstadt Deportee Survivors (subject)