Otto Schimmel: Life and Death in Auschwitz II-Birkenau
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Otto Schimmel, from Budapest hungary, survived three Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust, one of which was the infamous Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp. Our seventh grader, Myles, tells us Otto's story by emulating the Otto's stream-of-consciousness interview, making the episode feel personal-- Myle's own grandfather’s grandmother was killed in the Holocaust. Overall, Myles hopes that by retelling Otto Schimmel's story, he can preserve Otto's story in history, so that others can be inspired by it.
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