Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust

‘There are no stupid questions, nor any forbidden ones, but there are some questions that have no answer.’

Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern Europe and transported them to Auschwitz, where her parents were murdered and she and her sister were forced into hard labour until the end of the war.

Now ninety-four, she has spent her life educating young people about the Holocaust and answering their questions about one of the darkest periods in human history. Questions like, ‘How was it to live in the camps?’, ‘Did you dream at night?’, ‘Why did Hitler hate the Jews?’, and ‘Can you forgive?’.

With sensitivity and complete candour, Fried answers these questions and more in this deeply human book that urges us never to forget and never to repeat.

„Nu exista intrebari stupide si nici interzise, dar exista cateva intrebari care nu au raspuns.” Hédi Fried avea nouasprezece ani cand nazistii i-au smuls familia din casa lor din Europa de Est si i-au transportat la Auschwitz, unde parintii ei au fost ucisi, iar ea si sora ei au fost fortate sa munceasca din greu pana la sfarsitul razboiului. si-a petrecut viata educand tinerii despre Holocaust si raspunzand la intrebarile lor despre una dintre cele mai intunecate perioade din istoria omenirii.