The Story OfThe Story Of

By: Emily BannardBy: Emily Bannard

Mr. Hinkle/ Mrs. SwortzelMr. Hinkle/ Mrs. Swortzel

In Remembrance of the In Remembrance of the HolocaustHolocaust

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONINFORMATIONBACKGROUND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONINFORMATION

•born in the year 1929, 80 years old

•lived in Kovno, Lithuania.

•was raised in a middle class Jewish Family

•attended a Jewish School in Kovno

Jewish schools

David Levine

two rooms with his immediate and extended familytwo rooms with his immediate and extended family

His Journey BeginsHis Journey BeginsHis Journey BeginsHis Journey Begins

The Germans Occupied Konvo

In a Kovno Ghetto

David worked in a forced-labor

brigade in the ghetto.

How He LivedHow He LivedHow He LivedHow He Lived

(Source: Yad Vashem, Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Facts on Life, Inc. Jerusalem, 2000, page 146)

David witnessed the In March

1944,Kinder Aktion and was able to

save his nephew.

Nazi German concentration camp first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an

abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau

In total, over 200,000 prisoners from more than 30 countries were housed

25,613 prisoners supposedly died in the camp

Deaths came Mostly from disease, malnutrition and suicide.

In early 1945, there was a typhus epidemic in the camp followed by an evacuation, in which large numbers of the weaker prisoners died.

the largest of Nazi Germany's the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration and death camps. concentration and death camps.

Its remains are located in Poland.Its remains are located in Poland. Most victims were killed in Most victims were killed in

Auschwitz by gas chambers.Auschwitz by gas chambers. Other deaths were caused by Other deaths were caused by

systematic starvation, forced systematic starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, and labor, lack of disease control, and suicide.suicide.

In 1947, Poland founded a In 1947, Poland founded a museum at the site of the museum at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp,in Auschwitz concentration camp,in remembrance of the victimsremembrance of the victims

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