In conversation: Ernie Friedlander

Ernie is a Holocaust survivor who was saved from being imprisoned in a concentration camp by a German Soldier and later immigrated to Australia. He remembers being marched together with his mother in a group of about 300 Jews towards almost certain death, only to be rescued at the last minute by a German soldier, who heard his mother speak German in a mostly Hungarian speaking crowd. This experience set him on the path of working against racism and prejudice for the rest of his life. In 2006 he received the Order of Australia for his work and still strives to bring understanding and tolerance to people of all ages by working for the organization Moving Forward Together in connection with Harmony Day. Ernie speaks to us in German, even though he doesn't ever use this language anymore in his daily life.

Ernie Friedlander im SBS Studio mit Trudi Latour Source: Trudi Latour