‘A TWIST OF FATE SAVED MY MOTHER FROM AUSCHWITZ’
Every time I looked in the mirror I saw her, and when I spoke I heard her voice. When I hurt myself and cried I felt her pain, and when I laughed with joy I shared her happiness.” Paulette Szklarz was only six years old when she was separated from her twin Annette, who was arrested by the Nazis and taken to Auschwitz. The pain of losing her must have been unbearable.
Paulette survived the war and came to live in Britain where she was adopted by her older cousins. She married Maurice Barnes and they settled in Edgware, Middlesex, where they raised their daughters Caron and Debra.
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FROM FACT TO FICTION
Paulette and her family’s wartime experiences have inspired Debra so much that she has written a novel based on their lives. is a tribute to
