last generation of Holocaust survivors

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"The Soviet troops told me to walk towards Krakow. Along the way, I was satisfied the most when I saw Germans hanging from the trees. They were swinging almost from every branch. Do you want to know why I survived? I was sustained by the thought that I would see the collapse of the Nazi Germany; that I would see it brought to ruin."--Baron Paul Halter, KL Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor

Candid and powerful stories and images of the last generation of Holocaust survivors--PHOTOS: http://slate.me/10xT52k