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The History Extra Podcast Product of the BBC I heard a great talk from this series The woman interviewed three women In their 70's now All born during the holocaust Their mothers disguised their pregnancies They were sent to a labor camp instead of Auschwitz They did not draw attention to themselves Surviving in baggy clothing And clog wooden shoes Surviving on bread, watery soup, and water They were about 70 pounds Two of them gave birth on the train They held their babies close In the bagging clothing They still produced milk They received some badly needed food in Czechoslovakia The babies survived All three of  the mothers were given too much food By the Americans And they did not make it May they rest in peace One baby had healthy conditions But was treated with penicillin by the Americans And was fine These women met recently at a Holocaust survivor meeting To share there stories The love of the mother is great Love is stronger than hate
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 8:57 PM UTC
The Love of Three Mothers
The History Extra Podcast Product of the BBC I heard a great talk from this series The woman interviewed three women In their 70's now All born during the holocaust Their mothers disguised their pregnancies They were sent to a labor camp instead of Auschwitz They did not draw attention to themselves Surviving in baggy clothing And clog wooden shoes Surviving on bread, watery soup, and water They were about 70 pounds Two of them gave birth on the train They held their babies close In the bagging clothing They still produced milk They received some badly needed food in Czechoslovakia The babies survived All three of  the mothers were given too much food By the Americans And they did not make it May they rest in peace One baby had healthy conditions But was treated with penicillin by the Americans And was fine These women met recently at a Holocaust survivor meeting To share there stories The love of the mother is great Love is stronger than hate
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 8:57 PM UTC
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