"...a hollow 33-foot high birch that hid Jakob Silberstein as he escaped Auschwitz.Read more about it here.
Polish-born Silberstein, 83, recently returned to the Czech countryside to recover the tree and had two segments shipped to Yad Vashem, where they are now on permanent display in the garden overlooking the Jerusalem forest.
"This tree, for me, is life. It saved my life," said Silberstein, whose shaking left arm still bears the concentration camp number branded into his skin.
Silberstein was deported with his family to Auschwitz in late 1942. His entire family—his parents and three brothers—were murdered, but he survived for more than two years. On a death march in early 1945 he escaped and fled to Czechoslovakia, where he found refuge inside the attic of Jana Sudova, in the village of Sunychl."
Yad Vashem Israel Holocaust Auschwitz Jakob Silberstein Poland Jana Sudova Czech Republic
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