Saul Blau was born in Hungary and deported to Auschwitz as a teenager.

Before the war, he experienced growing antisemitism in daily life and school.

In 1944, Nazi forces occupied Hungary, and Saul and his family were sent to a ghetto and then to Auschwitz, where he was separated from them forever.

He survived multiple camps, enduring forced labor, hunger, and dehumanization. After the war, Saul rebuilt his life and dedicated himself to telling his story so the horrors of the Holocaust would never be forgotten.

What This Episode Provides:
This episode helps students understand how hatred and dehumanization operate in oppressive systems. Saul’s story invites reflection on survival, resistance, and the moral responsibility of remembering and sharing history.

• Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org):
  https://www.ushmm.org/teach/fundamentals/age-appropriateness
• Timeline of major events that occurred before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust:
  https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/resource-center/timeline.html
• Horrors of Auschwitz: The Numbers Behind WWII’s Deadliest Concentration Camp:
  https://www.history.com/news/auschwitz-concentration-camp-numbers