Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht: Life during the war

The speaker recounts his childhood experiences during World War II, including hearing bombers and the family's journey to Dunkirk, where his father was captured by German paratroopers. The family lived under German occupation until liberation by the U.S. Army in 1944. They were offered repatriation to England in exchange for German prisoners, but the mother, distrustful of the Germans, declined. The speaker reflects on the survival of some who took the offer and his later visit to Auschwitz, where he discovered the fate of many who perished.

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