Holocaust Survivor of 7 Concentration Camps--Ernie Ostreicher

By Gregory K. Taylor


 As a survivor of seven concentration camps during WWII, Ernie Ostreicher describes encountering the "Angel of Death" Joseph Mengele while at Auschwitz prison camp, the loss of his parents to the Holocaust, Hitler's "Final solution," eating dog food as one of the best meals he's ever had, and being liberated by the allies.

Mr. Ostreicher states that he has always been lucky and attributes his many escapes from death to that fact.  The life expectancy of Jews who were captured during the last year of the war was problematic.  The SS often slaughtered Jews in the camps as they fled the advancing American and Russian troops.

Ernie Ostreicher

I feel fortunate and privileged to have had this opportunity to interview a Holocaust Survivor and, in my small way, contribute to the memorialization of an historical fact of man's inhumanity to man.

Listen to the Podcast interview at:  http://www.thebayareaeffect.info