Witness of the Holocaust: Sheindi Ehrenwald’s Notes

The Holocaust left in its wake many personal effects stolen from those sent to their deaths. Having also been robbed of their history, such objects can today only serve as mute witnesses of their former owners. Writing for the DHM blog, Thomas Jander chronicles the example of Sheindi Miller-Ehrenwald, a Hungarian Jew whose diary notes have become ‘speaking’ witnesses of this unparalleled crime in human history.