Born Survivors

In her powerful book Born Survivors, Wendy Holden tells the story of three young mothers who exhibited strength, courage, defiance, and hope while enduring Nazi atrocities.
The three mothers, Priska, Rachel, and Anka, defied death to give their children life. Torn from their families by the Nazis, they were first sent to Auschwitz, then Freiberg, then finally Mauthausen. Despite being strangers to one another, these women had something in common: all were a few months pregnant and needed to keep this a secret from their Nazi captors. To find out if women were pregnant, Dr. Josef Mengele would squeeze their breasts to see if any milk leaked out. Those discovered were either sent to their death or were used for genetic testing.