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The Baby Born in a Concentration Camp

The story of Anka Bergman, who gave birth to her baby daughter Eva in a Nazi concentration camp, and endured six months of forced labour during her pregnancy.

Anka Bergman gave birth to her baby daughter Eva in a Nazi concentration camp.

During her pregnancy, Anka witnessed the horrors of Auschwitz and endured six months of forced labour. If the Nazis found a woman was pregnant, she could be sent straight to the gas chambers. Amazingly, Anka's pregnancy went unnoticed for months.

Anka eventually gave birth - on the day she arrived at an extermination camp. Anka weighed just five stone and was on the brink of starvation; baby Eva weighed just three pounds.

Remarkably, both mother and daughter survived, and are living in Cambridge. Now they tell their story.

35 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Jul 201322:35
BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

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Credits

ProducerEmily Davis
DirectorEmily Davis
Executive ProducerJean-Claude Bragard

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 Apr 201122:35
    BBC One except Scotland & Wales
  • Tue 19 Apr 201122:40
    BBC One Scotland
  • Tue 19 Apr 201123:05
    BBC One Wales
  • Mon 25 Apr 201103:00
    BBC One
  • Mon 29 Jul 201322:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Wed 31 Jul 201322:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only