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I was there.
In May 1945 the work camp in Ebensee is liberated by US and British troops. Max is so week from malnutrition that he is in a makeshift hospital in the camp.
Eventually Max gets better and comes via Germany to Italy where he ends up in a displaced persons camp for former prisoners. When he realises that nobody in his large family has survived, he decides to follow his childhood dream and move to Israel (then the British mandate Palestine).
In Israel Max gets married. His wife wants to move to Sweden where her sister is living. That is why Max and his wife, and two children move to Sweden. He works and tries to become a part of the Swedish society. Max works hard but soon realises that there is antisemitism in Sweden as well.
Max Safir (1925-2020), Poland
Liberation of the camp
Max talks about when the camp is liberated by US and British troops and his days in the hospital bed.
1) Listen to Max as he talks about the immediate time after the liberation from the Ebensee camp.
1a. The doctor who helped Max tells him something important to keep him fighting for survival. What does he tell Max and how could it have mattered?
Towards a new homeland
Max talks about how he decided to leave Europe and move to Israel (then the British mandate Palestine).
2) Listen to Max as he talks about his decision to travel to Israel (at the time the British mandate of Palestine).
2a. What motives does Max cite as the reason why he finally decides to leave Europe and move to Israel?
The journey to Sweden
Max talks about coming to Sweden and how he encounters antisemitism also in Sweden.
3) Listen to Max as he talks about his first time in Sweden.
3a. Why did Max choose to move to Sweden?
3b. Max realized that antisemitism existed also in Sweden. Give examples of does Max give of how Max became aware of this.
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