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Anka and Bernd Nathan, Eva Clarke’s parents, pose for a photo on their wedding day, May 15, 1940. They were taken prisoner by the Germans during World War II because they were Jewish, and held prisoner in concentration and death camps. Bernd was shot dead Jan. 18, 1945, during a death march while Anka was prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Pregnant at the time of her husband’s death, Anka gave birth to daughter Eva April 29, 1945, on the back of a coal truck, one day after the Germans ran out of gas for the gas chamber. (Courtesy photo)


Holocaust survivor shares story at RAF Mildenhall

Anka and Bernd Nathan, Eva Clarke’s parents, pose for a photo on their wedding day, May 15, 1940. They were taken prisoner by the Germans during World War II because they were Jewish, and held prisoner in concentration and death camps. Bernd was shot dead Jan. 18, 1945, during a death march while Anka was prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Pregnant at the time of her husband’s death, Anka gave birth to daughter Eva April 29, 1945, on the back of a coal truck, one day after the Germans ran out of gas for the gas chamber. (Courtesy photo)

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RAF Mildenhall members pose for a photo with Eva Clarke, Holocaust survivor, at a static KC-135 Stratotanker on RAF Mildenhall, England, April 26, 2018. Clarke visited the base to share her mother’s story and raise awareness about the Holocaust, remember those who died, and help Airmen learn the lessons of the Holocaust to help counteract any form of racism or prejudice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
This postcard was sent from Auschwitz-Birkenau from Eva's mother's older sister, Zdena, to her cousin, Olga Sronkova. Olga survived the war, Eva and her mother later lived with her for three years but the rest of the family in the concentration camps, including Zdena, were dead before the postcard was even sent. (Courtesy photo)
Eva Clarke, left, poses for a photo in a KC-135 Stratotanker with U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Vanguilder, 100th Operations Group executive officer and pilot, at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 26, 2018. Clark visited RAF Mildenhall to share her mother’s story and raise awareness about the Holocaust, remember those who died, and help Airmen learn the lessons of the Holocaust to help counteract any form of racism or prejudice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
Eva Clarke (aged 5) and her mother, Anka Nathan, in Cardiff in 1950. Eva moved to Cardiff with her mother in 1948, after living with her aunt for three years. Eva’s parents, both Jewish, were kept prisoner for three years by the Germans in concentration camps until the U.S. Army liberated the camps in 1945, just days after Eva was born. (Courtesy photo)
Eva Clarke, Holocaust survivor, talks about how her mother, father, and other family members – along with thousands of others – were kept imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps by the Germans during World War II, at a Storytellers event at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 26, 2018. Clark travels the country to share her mother’s story and raise awareness about the Holocaust, remember those who died, and help others learn the lessons of the Holocaust to help counteract any form of racism or prejudice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
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