As well as surviving that ordeal, Mr Geve endured imprisonment at two other concentration camps - Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald, both in Germany. To help cope with the unimaginable trauma he had endured, Mr Geve - who later joined his father who had escaped to England - recorded his memories by depicting them on paper. Born in Beuthen, in what was then German territory but is now in Poland, Mr Geve moving to Berlin just before the outbreak of the War. In his book, Mr Geve recalled: 'Still in her late 30s, mother looked as haggard as her companions. After liberation, Mr Geve was sent to an orphan camp in Switzerland, before finally being reunited with his father in England.

Source: Daily Mail January 29, 2021 15:59 UTC