May

30 2018

Against All Odds: born in Mauthausen

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

UC San Diego Geisel Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

Contact Susanne Hillman
858-534-7661
shillman@ucsd.edu
http://library.ucsd.edu/hlhw

What does it mean to be born in a concentration camp, arguably one of the most inhospitable places on earth? Eva Clarke was one of three “miracle babies” who saw the light of day in KZ Mauthausen in Austria. Nine days after her birth, the Second World War ended. As a newborn, Eva’s chances of survival were extremely slim. Against all odds, she lived, making her and her mother Anka the only survivors of their extended family. In 1948, they emigrated from Prague to the UK and settled in Cardiff. Nowadays, Eva regularly talks to audiences, and her remarkable story has been featured in the British and American media. She and her mother are among the protagonists of Wendy Holden’s book Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope (Harper, 2015).

Sponsor: Lou Dunst Memorial Lecture / Holocaust Living History Workshop