asday515 OP t1_j1c672p wrote
Reply to comment by Furrywoodsman in Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515
He told her to go put her ski boots on despite it being a hot day in the middle of June. She didnt understand but did it anyways. The death march was in frigid temperatures so she was able to survive. There were, unfortunately, many girls in the march who were wearing sandals.
pinewind108 t1_j1cwtro wrote
Fwiw, ski boots at this time were essentially heavy leather hiking boots.
pcurve t1_j1det6o wrote
"those girls' toes broke off like twigs"... is how she described in the video. :(
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