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Born In a Concentration Camp

JL;DR SUMMARY Eva Clarke is a remarkable survivor who was born in Mauthausen concentration camp just a week before its liberation by the United States Army, making her one of the few babies to survive such dire conditions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryAuschwitzHolocaust EducationSurvivorsGenocide AwarenessRemembranceMauthausenEva ClarkeAnka KaudrovNazi Camps

Places mentioned

Upper Austria, Austria
"the United States Army liberated the 40,000 remaining prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria."
Holy Cross, Poland
"Eva's mother, Anka Kaudrov, had voluntarily followed her husband, Bernd, to Auschwitz-Birkenau just months earlier."
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
"She worked for 20 years as an administrator at the Cambridge Regional College."
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