How a young boy escaped Auschwitz horror

Name: How a young boy escaped Auschwitz horror
Uploaded: 2016-10-02T09:57:39.000Z
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Description: A new opera tells the story of how a Jewish boy escaped incarceration in Auschwitz in 1943, after being pushed from the train transporting the family to the camp by his mother.

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A new opera will tell the story of how 11-year-old Simon Gronowski escaped incarceration in Auschwitz in 1943, after being pushed from the train transporting the family to the camp by his mother.

The BBC's Robin Gibson went to meet Mr Gronowski, who is now 83 years old.

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2 October 2016