Anna Odi Has Lived Her Entire Life at Auschwitz

Anna Odi lives in an apartment in a building that is mostly offices for the museum of Auschwitz in Poland. Her parents lived at the site when she was born in 1956. Both of them were arrested by the Nazis and kept in concentration camps during World War II, and met after liberation. Why would a newly married couple choose to live at Auschwitz? In the aftermath of the war, housing was scarce and the camp and its buildings were available. Mira and Józef Odi were also dedicated to preserving the history of the camp so the world would never forget what went on there. They and other survivors guarded the site and curated its items and documentation for posterity.

When Odi was a child, her parents shielded her from the details of the Holocaust, but as a teenager, she gradually learned what Auschwitz meant, and she joined her parents in working there when she finished school. Read about Odi's life at Auschwitz and her dedication to preserving its history at Notes from Poland.  -Thanks WTM!

(Image credit: Michel Zacharz AKA Grippenn)


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How nice. With nearly an endless supply of someone elses money you can just spend spend spend and have the coolest building on the block. Spend to much. Pssssh, no such thing, just put your hand out and one government or another will erase your debts and send boatloads of taxpayers money your way with no strings attached.
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