Auschwitz survivor who came face to face with Nazi 'Angel of Death' but escaped being sent to the gas chambers after lying about his age tells how he found love with fellow Holocaust victim, 89, following wife's death

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Posted on 01/26/2025 9:06:35 PM PST by RandFan

The victim of Nazi terror, 92, who spoke to MailOnline to mark Holocaust Memorial Day today, came face to face with twisted doctor Josef Mengele after being taken to Auschwitz in Nazi-occupied Poland with his mother and eight of his siblings in 1944.

Then aged just 12, Ivor was destined for death along with nearly all other Jewish children who were sent to the camp with their families during the Holocaust.

Heartrendingly, his mother forced Ivor, who was big for his years, to stand in the line of able-bodied men, minutes before she and seven of his siblings were sent to the gas chambers. 'That saved my life,' he says.

Ivor remembers how, on coming face to face with Mengele - who would determine the fate of arrivals with a point of his finger - he said he was 16. Had he given the mass murderer his real age, he would not be here.

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1 posted on 01/26/2025 9:06:35 PM PST by RandFan

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