Testimonials

“The only country that accepted refugees without reservation was Israel. She would take the sick, the lame and the blind, every Jew who wished to come and give them food and shelter, and let them live among their own people.” – Simon Bloomberg

“My first sight of Belsen was in April 1946. All that remained of the hellish place was derelict huts, stone structures that were part of the incinerators, still displaying human bones and mass graves.” – Simon Bloomberg

“It was the Liberation of Belsen by British Troops that revealed the full horror of Hitler’s extermination plans and shocked the conscience of the world.” – Simon Bloomberg

“As if to establish their bona fides they showed me the numbers tattooed on their arms, prefixed by ‘A’ for Auschwitz, the sadistic method of registration only Nazi devils could devise.” – Simon Bloomberg  

“They had come from Auschwitz and were going to Belsen. The group was not related, just camp brothers and sisters, banded together in a search for relatives who may have escaped extermination.” – Simon Bloomberg

“The Nazis were sadistically meticulous in keeping records of their foreign workers even to the extent of tattooing numbers on those they eventually exterminated.” – Simon Bloomberg

“I can still remember that sinking feeling of having nowhere to go. Perhaps it would help me in my later dealings with Displaced Persons as I had a small inkling of what they were going through.” – Simon Bloomberg

“Life After Belsen is an appropriate reminder of Hitler’s ghastly evil to the Jewish people. Simon Bloomberg well deserved the CBE for the great work he was involved in repatriating thousands of Displaced People. Let us all remember these now elderly survivors with love. His book preserves his story for View Full →

“For me, Life After Belsen provides a remarkable historical record that challenges prejudice, refutes those who deny past horrors, and instills such hope that no matter how displaced we may be, there is a home waiting for us.”  – Eva Spiers