It was inspiring to hear about the work Hayman Shulman did after the war - he helped to relocate Holocaust survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp to Switzerland as an assistant to Chaplin Schechter. Sadly, the trauma of what he saw haunted him for the rest of his life. He very rarely mentioned the horrors he encountered in Buchenwald. Shulman’s son Jason said, “My father was certainly traumatised and, having been through the Battle of the Bulge, he was shocked and unable to bring himself to talk about it.” He added, “it would have been wonderful to have my father here to meet your great-grandmother again in such different circumstances.”
I will never forget this experience. My biggest takeaway is that, as Lily’s great-grandson, the duty of sharing her story will eventually fall upon me and my generation. We must do all we can to ensure that the legacy of those who were forced to witness the murder of six million Jews lives on, throughout history.
Bonyhad in Hungary. Lily Eberg win the middle.