These human interests stories come out frequently, even this one is so humbling to read and note, if you go to the story and you have a paywall, press the page icon in Firefox and other browsers at the top of the page and you should be able to read the print version.
Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question.
The first time he spoke to her, in 1943, by the Auschwitz crematory, David Wisnia realized that Helen Spitzer was no regular inmate. Zippi, as she was known, was clean, always neat. She wore a jacket and smelled good. They were introduced by a fellow inmate, at her request.
Her presence was unusual in itself: a woman outside the women’s quarters, speaking with a male prisoner. Before Mr. Wisnia knew it, they were alone, all the prisoners around them gone. This wasn’t a coincidence, he later realized. They made a plan to meet again in a week.
On their set date, Mr. Wisnia went as planned to meet at the barracks between crematories 4 and 5. He climbed on top of a makeshift ladder made up of packages of prisoners’ clothing. Ms. Spitzer had arranged it, a space amid hundreds of piles, just large enough to fit the two of them. Mr. Wisnia was 17 years old; she was 25.
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/nyregion/auschwitz-love-story.html?mc=contentTWdom&ad-keywords=auddevgate
I just wish there was a variety of stories that we heard of all peoples, many heroes we do not know about.
