Interviewer: “Do you remember anything about Hitler?”
Edda Göring: “Very little. He was my godfather, and I have seen the many photos of me being held by him. I only remember how caring he was. He always made sure I had a snack or dessert when I visited. I will tell you now that I do not believe any of the stories the Allies tell about him. He was a good man, a true leader of our people, and loved by countless millions. It is sad that the war has come to define him.”
In April 1945, survivors of the Dachau concentration camp demonstrated how the crematorium functioned by dragging a corpse toward one of its ovens in Germany.
Czesława Kwoka, a 14‑year‑old Polish girl, was murdered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp on March 12, 1943. She was killed by an injection of phenol directly into her heart.
Just before her death, she was photographed by fellow prisoner Wilhelm Brasse, who later testified that the SS guard struck her in the face before the photo was taken, the bruise on her lip is visible in the image.
In that haunting portrait, we see the terrified face of a child who did not speak German and had lost her mother only days earlier. Czesława was one of approximately 230,000 children and young people murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The original black‑and‑white photograph, preserved at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, was later colorized by Brazilian artist Marina Amaral, who was deeply moved by Czesława’s image and sought to share it with the world in color.