Woman who survived Auschwitz when gas ran out is about to turn 101

[Nye Bevan]

Klara Marcus was a 30-year-old Auschwitz prisoner in 1944 when she was forced to strip naked and march into the gas chamber — only there was no more gas left.

“God was watching over me that day,” said Marcus, who is about to celebrate her 101st birthday, the Central European News reported.

“I was chosen towards the end of the day with a large group of other women and we were made ready for the gas chamber,” said Marcus, of Sighetu Marmatiej in northern Romania.

“But when they put us inside and went to turn the gas on, they found they had run out,” she said. “One of the guards joked that it was our lucky day because they had already killed so many, they didn’t have any gas left for us.”

http://nypost.com/2014/12/10/woman-who-barely-escaped-nazi-gas-chamber-is-about-to-turn-101/

What a wonderful woman.

[ismnotwasm]

5. You're not trying to make an actual joke, right?

[elzenmahn]

6. I don't think this is appropriate...

...considering what her and millions of survivors (and their families) went through, I fail to see the humor in this (if that was your intent.)

[Skittles]

2. she's great

too bad God was not watching over all the other victims

[belzabubba333]

13. he watches over all, some get to go home and some have to stay here

[Skittles]

14. and the benefit is?

[belzabubba333]

15. benefit to what

[shenmue]

3. ...

[AtomicKitten]

4. Wishing this lucky lady a very happy birthday.

Seeing the tattooed numbers up close was probably one the most devastatingly poignant moments of my life.

[newfie11]

9. I saw these numbers on several of my patiences when working in DC

It was a horrible reality check.
I'm so glad she survived but can't imagine the horror of what she went through.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Soon they will all be gone.

Even though some remain, we still have to endure the bullshit that the Holocaust wasn't real. It will get worse when they are all gone.

[Overseas]

7. K&R.

[steve2470]

8. Happy Birthday Klara, and glad you survived! :) nt

[Warren DeMontague]

10. K&R

For all of em

[smirkymonkey]

12. K&R!

Amazing. So glad she survived and is still here. I hope that the rest of her life was happy and peaceful.