In school, we met this inspirational woman from Poland. She told us about her experiences in the holocaust, such as being smuggled out to safety and the loss of various family members. The strange thing about her was that the loss and trauma she faced did not harden her, she was open to talk about it and she still smiled.

Hearing stories like hers, make you truly think about what it was like. It's not just facts, figures and a series of events that took place. 

Here is a video showing the testimonies of three Holocaust survivors who were children at the time.