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INTERVIEW: Eva Clarke survived the Holocaust - but only just

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Eva Clarke's mother fell pregnant with her while she was in a Nazi concentration camp Source: AP

In this episode of One on One, we hear from Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke, who has been telling her mother's story as part of Holocaust memorial day and how, "to become pregnant in a concentration camp was considered by the Nazis to be a crime punishable by death". Eva and her mother were the only survivors of their family, her father was killed in Auschwitz. Eva's mother survived multiple concentration camps, including Auschwitz.


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In this episode of One on One, we hear from Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke, who has been telling her mother's story as part of Holocaust memorial day and how, "to become pregnant in a concentration camp was considered by the Nazis to be a crime punishable by death". Eva and her mother were the only survivors of their family, her father was killed in Auschwitz. Eva's mother survived multiple concentration camps, including Auschwitz.


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