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Surviving the Holocaust Aiken man recalls Auschwitz tattoo and three years in camps
Surviving the Holocaust details Aiken resident Fred Ransenberg who endured three years in Nazi camps after being stripped of rights as a Jew in Germany. He bears a bone-deep tattoo of numbers from Auschwitz and remembers his family’s peril as Hitler’s rise reshaped their lives. He says his story must be told.
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Fred Ransenberg
Ransenberg
Auschwitz
Beverly
Germany
Ansenberg
Riese Germany
Hitler
Hitler Youth
Kindertransport
Child Transport
America
California
Gunther
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Wewelsburg
Dortmund
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County