“As we finally crossed the border into Germany, the bus stopped. People got out and ran to a nearby grocery store to buy something to eat,” Becirbegovic said. “We were starving, but didn’t have any money left.”
Dozens of men, women, children, elderly and sick were packed in each cattle car – so tight they couldn’t move. As the train pulled to a stop, the clunks and rattles gave way to the sound of an orchestra along the tracks. They had arrived at Auschwitz.
Indira Sultanić and Amila Becirbegovic join the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures as assistant professors, both originally from Bosnia-Herzegovina.