
27/08/2025
“The Blanket She Shared” — Bergen-Belsen, 1945
In the final days before liberation, two sisters in Bergen-Belsen had only one thin blanket between them. Every night, they split it — one covering her shoulders, the other her legs. When one sister died of starvation, the surviving girl placed the blanket over her body and whispered: “Stay warm, one last time.”