margaret meissner was born in austria and race in practical slovakia in one nine hundred thirty four the growing anti semitism in her city became more and more noticeable so markets mother center to paris and joined a year later. but the influence of the ninety's was soon felt in france as well. one day markets mother received a letter so i went to the police station with hood us the will you take your sis none of your business and worry you to. go home so here i was burma served my mother was gone. we had moved money markets mother was deported to girl internment camp in southern france margaret was eighty years old alone and had to find a way out of europe she fled paris on a bicycle at the same time her mother succeeded in escaping the internment camp by some miracle the mother and daughter found each other just twelve kilometers from good. together they made their way to spain where they found a way to travel to america. but he was not to be they were picked up by the spanish police and thrown in jail so after or this we were going to be handed to the germans in spain but you see

margaret meissner is ninety six years old and she survived the holocaust and she does whatever she can to ensure it will never be forgotten. more food will most surely to forgive but no for whom. she also passes on her own experiences and memories she says it's the only way to keep something like this from happening again in the future. meissner spends much of a time at the holocaust memorial museum in washington d.c. . she and about eighty other survivors of the holocaust we're here on a volunteer basis. she guides visitors through the museum tells the story of her life and helps other survivors search for information about family members in the museum's archives. this is my favorite exhibit of this museum and it came to be really quite accidentally because this is the power of. three thousand people in a small or pound on the border between. poor and. where the germans came one. took the men the jewish men out the truck and the next day they came and took the women and children put them in salem and torture and this entire community was hailed only because of. this girl survived the

margaret meissner spends much of a time at the holocaust memorial museum in washington d.c. . she and about eighty other survivors of the holocaust we're here on a volunteer basis. she guides visitors through the museum tells the story of her life and helps other survivors search for information about family members in the museum's archives. this is my favorite exhibit of this museum and it came to be really quite accidentally because this is. of. three thousand people more power on the border between. poor and. whether germans came one. took the men. out than truck and the next day they came and took the women and children put them in salem and port and this entire community was killed because of. this girl survived the night the rest of the village was wiped out. she became a historian and now works in the united states. for eleven years she collected first a graph from her village. she hopes to preserve the memory of all three thousand five hundred inhabitants through this exhibition. because he said that the visitors to the museum they only see the truth they don't know wh

to margaret meissner these issues have gained in the sense of an agency in today's highly volatile political climate. there's a great deal of of nationalism all of a sudden and i feel very insecure or. in the present political situation certainly some of. some of the moves of the american government right now is very similar to what happened in germany in the nineteen twenty sentiment in thirty. so it's. the situation to be you and i try not to be. because what happened in germany was that germans knew what was happening and they didn't do anything about it they're just they're after. hitler came to power in nineteen thirty three and the killing didn't start until nineteen forty one so there were eight years where the world could have done something about that the know what it is them if the market is determined to remain active as long as she can she's put her story into a book so people the world over and future generations can read it she's also taking part in a project by german photographer louis t. to scar no matter what your face of course is just a like that piece. of the. task on it

these arrows from ruby repeated to margaret meissner these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in today's highly volatile political climate. certainly some of the some of the moves of the american government right now is very similar to work her in germany in the nineteen twenty s. and the mountains and trying not to be a bust the. market is determined to remain active as long as she can. she splits her story into book so that people in the world can read it and that future generations are aware of this part of history. and the state's twenty got off to a thrilling star says i'm talk frank face to face said fellow european hope to mention god back to no kevin prince poet sang but the holes ahead on the forty third minute before noon if it feels victory in injury time is the on lone striker is heard go in as many games the winds are on track to move up to second in the table ahead of the rest of this weekend's extras. as in the blunder say if that's how appear again hamburg have sacked another coach they've made a habit of bringing in new blood jury in the season and despite ple

most ninety margaret meissner regularly tells visitors to the holocaust museum about her memories and experiences this is one of the most visited museums in the u.s. capital many people come specially to hear the stories of survivors have to tell that her generation is quickly vanishing this current of in the us realisation of death has never happened. so this is one of the reasons why one should not forget that and more than and the thing else went through. these arrows from ruby repeated to market mice not these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in today's highly volatile political climate. so in this move. move move out of the american government right now. to move through with. the ninth into insistent the nineteenth and try to be a. market is determined to remain active as long as she can she's put her story into a book so that people in the world can read it and that future generations are aware of this part of history. and today people all over the world are commemorating the victims of the holocaust using the hash tag we remember as you can see for german foreign minis

to margaret meissner these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in today's highly volatile political climate. certainly some move. move move out of the american government. and. the. market is determined to remain active as long as she can she's put her story into a book so that people in the world can read it and that future generations are aware of this part of history. and despite the efforts of people like market anti-semitism continues to be a problem in many countries including austria where around ten thousand people turned out to protest a ball in vienna organized by the far right freedom party the event held for student fraternities and they're under close scrutiny following revelations this week that one fraternity published a song book containing anti-semitic clerics. protests against right wing a nationalist attending the freedom party's annual ball indiana friday night austria still shocked by revelations that a top conservative politician belonged to a fraternity which celebrated the holocaust anti semitic and racist lyrics were discovered in a song book distributed by

these tickets are some of the memorabilia from the new beginning margaret had to make in the united states she married func meissner an employee has the united nations and traveled the world with him this what you see here is the result of fifty four years of travel. memories. learning i mean you really learn every time you go to. market meisner regularly tells visitors to the holocaust museum about her memories and experiences. this is one of the most visited museums in the u.s. capital many people come especially to hear the stories the survivors have to tell market prices determined to collect as many of them as possible they are i would just testimony to a crime against all humankind but her generation is quickly vanishing the holocaust is the only war where there was you were germans you. industrial methods of killing people this kind of industrialization of death has never happened and the place sells so that is one of the reasons why one should not forget that and more than and the thing else one should try to. keep these arrows from repeating repeat. to market meisner these issues have gained in the sense o

margaret meissner is ninety six years old she survived the holocaust survivor. she also passes on her own experiences and memories she says it's the only way to keep something like this from happening again in the future.

margaret meissner is ninety six years old she survived the holocaust. and she does whatever she can to ensure it will never be forgotten we. hope and will go good morning to forgive but won't before going to. you she also passes on her own experiences and memories she says it's the only way to keep something like this from happening again in the future.