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Above: So many belongings were
taken from Jews on the train that
they spilled over into the space
between barracks.

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Rose Bohm age 14
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Bohm spent three months as an
inmate at Auschwitz before being
transferred to a work camp at
Fallersleben, where she painted empty
land mines. Liberated on April 14,
1945, she stayed for three months
in another camp before returning to
Prague and then to her hometown. She
was reunited with her father and one
remaining brother. Sadly, her mother,
sister and two brothers had perished.
For a while, Bohm lived in a displaced
persons' camp in Germany. She mar-
ried and, later in 1949, moved to Israel.
In 1956, she and her husband immi-
grated to Detroit.
Bohm donated to the Holocaust
Memorial Center her father's prayer
book that was carefully hidden in the
camp because of the danger of hav-
ing such an item. On the inside cover
are the signatures of many Auschwitz
prisoners who wanted their lives to be
remembered.
Stephen Goldman, HMC executive
director, said, "This exhibit puts a face
to a horrifying, dehumanizing chapter
in history. Lili Jacob's quick thinking
back then and generosity later have
enabled us to see what went on at
Auschwitz-Birkenau. We're honored to

open the exhibit in time to commemo-
rate the 65th anniversary of the libera-
tion of Auschwitz. We plan to display it
through Yom Hashoah, April 11, 2010."
Hannan Lis of Farmington Hills,
who had served on the national
board of the American Society for
Yad Vashem, was asked to help raise
awareness of the organization. The
group searched for something compel-
ling and the exhibit presented itself as
the perfect opportunity. As a child of
survivors himself, Lis finds this proj-
ect very meaningful.
"We are helping the museum to
engage and promote the exhibit to the
Jewish community and to the sons
and daughters of survivors," Lis said.
"It also provides a wonderful reason
to encourage people to revisit the
Holocaust Memorial Center."
Recently, Auschwitz made news
when five Polish men allegedly stole
the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign hanging
over the gate to the camp. The sign,
cut into three pieces, was subsequently
recovered near one of the men's
homes. 7

Robyn Gorell is a vice president at Marx

Layne & Co. in Farmington Hills.

How To Go

Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
(248) 553-2400, www.holocaustcenter.org . Hours: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Sunday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday. Docent-guided tours:1
p.m. Sunday-Thursday, two hours. Free admission; donations appreci-
ated.