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Surviving a NIGHTMARE

On first meeting Renee Salt, she looks like any other doting grandmother, but on her face are signs of the horrors she witnessed when she was young and had her innocence shattered by unspeakable evil.

The 93-year-old from north London bore witness to the 20th century’s worst atrocity, the Holocaust. Seventy-seven years since the end of World War Two, Renee Salt’s memory is razor-sharp as she recalls her harrowing story.

‘I was born in Zdu´nska Wola, Poland, in 1929. I lived with my mother Sala, father Shajek and younger sister Stena. We were a happy, tight-knit family,’ Renee recalls.

‘I never believed

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