Marion Blumenthal Lazan, 91, spoke with students at Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School about being held at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany along with her family, which was the same camp where Anne Frank died.
Marion Blumenthal Lazan has made it her mission to share her story of surviving the Holocaust so the past is never forgotten. "I weighed all 35 pounds at the age of 10 1/2. Sixteen kilos when we were liberated," says Blumenthal Lazan.
Blumenthal Lazan, 91, spoke with students at Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School about being held at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany along with her family, which was the same camp where Anne Frank died."We had heard about exterminations and gas chambers in other areas of Europe and we were never sure when the faucets were turned on as to what would come out: water or gas," says Blumenthal Lazan. With fewer and fewer survivors every year, she knows it's more important now than ever to share her story and her message. "This is the last generation that will hear this firsthand and have their questions answered. So I am running as fast as I can as long as I'm able," she says. Some students have already read her memoir, "Four Perfect Pebbles," and say they've been waiting all year to hear her story and message in person. "I'm going to make sure I carry this message with me for my entire life, and I can hopefully share this to my future children," says student Katelyn Russo. "It's definitely empowering because now I have the tools to pass it on," says student Connor Danforth.
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