ARGENTINA: Argentina marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and unveils a commemorative plaque in honour of Eugenia Unger, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor

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  • Title: ARGENTINA: Argentina marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and unveils a commemorative plaque in honour of Eugenia Unger, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor
  • Date: 28th January 2013
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (JANUARY 28, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PLAZA DE LA SHOA VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MAKING HANDPRINTS ON PAPER AS PART OF A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PROJECT EUGENIA UNGER, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, ARRIVING AT THE PLAZA VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS PAINTING UNGER'S HANDS CONCENTRATION CAMP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TATTOOED ON UNGER'S ARM VARIOUS OF UNGER MAKING HANDPRINTS UNGER IN THE ARGENTINE JEWISH ASSOCIATION (AMIA/DAIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, EUGENIA UNGER, SAYING: "My mom told me to pack clothes in my backpack. I told her, it's ok, and I just grabbed one doll. I told her not to worry because tomorrow we would return and so we didn't need to take clothes. But I never returned home again, I never again received a hug from my siblings or my parents. I never felt someone from my family hug me again. And I left 60 people who were killed, raped and burned." VARIOUS OF THE UNVEILING OF HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL WITH UNGER CRYING
  • Embargoed: 12th February 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: International Relations,History
  • Reuters ID: LVAAOPUB6KP2E8YZ64LYIKVDS3OK
  • Story Text: Argentina marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Buenos Aires on Monday (January 28) with a commemorative plaque displaying the handprints of Holocaust survivor, Eugenia Unger, and her descendants.
    The 87-year-old was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1926 and was 13 when World War II broke out.
    After escaping from Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest and most notorious Nazi death camp, Unger fled to Argentina in 1949.
    In a harrowing account of loss and survival, Unger described her final moments with her family.

    "My mom told me to pack clothes in my backpack. I told her, it's ok, and I just grabbed one doll. I told her not to worry because tomorrow we would return and so we didn't need to take clothes. But I never returned home again, I never again received a hug from my siblings or my parents. I never felt someone from my family hug me again. And I left 60 people who were killed, raped and burned," said Unger.
    Amid tears of emotion, the plaque was unveiled in Unger's honour on Monday (January 28) in light of her tireless efforts to keep the memory of Holocaust victims alive.
    In 2005 the United Nations designated January 27 as a yearly memorial day for the millions of victims of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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