Eastbourne: Holocaust survivor recalls four years of hiding
From 1941, Ms Oliver-Wolff and her mother spent four years in hiding - including nine months in a cellar.She was caught twice, managing to escape both times. On one occasion, Ms Oliver-Wolff was turned into the Nazis by the woman who looked after her while she was working.She recalled: "The door burst open, 'this is the stinking little Jew who is hiding here, she is contaminating the air. I just want to get rid of her'."After being taken away by Adolf Hitler's SS group, she was taken to a processing house in Budapest from which she managed to escape in excrement-filled sheets."The smell of ammonia made my eyes water," she said.Memorial events were held on Monday in Tunbridge Wells and Woking, while people can attend a candle vigil in Brighton city centre until 17:00 GMT.Later on Monday evening, there is to be an event in Eastbourne, while Medway's commemoration will take place at a school near Rochester.
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