René Trauffler, born in Luxembourg in 1921, was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen from 1942 until the death march, which he documented from April 21 to May 9, 1945 in his diary. Kelsey had a chance to talk with his daughter, José Trauffler, while traveling in a bus en route to the 80th commemoration of the death march.

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Descendants Stuff podcast is produced by Jakob Feisthauer, Kelsey Snook and Nicole Wines – three descendants of Sachsenhausen prisoners and co-creators of the Sachsenhausen Stuff project.

The Descendants Stuff team would like to extend a special thank you to the team at Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum especially Dr. Astrid Ley, and the members of the educational department’s project “What Voice Do We Have?”, as well as the descendant’s collective Voices of the Next Generation.

Our theme music, “Heil, Sachsenhausen!” was written and performed by former Sachsenhausen prisoner Aleksander Kulisiewicz. Thanks to the United States Holocaust Memorial and Museum and the Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection for granting permission for its use.

If you are a Sachsenhausen descendant who would like to share your story, please contact us.