The News Of Pregnancy

After the news of her pregnancy was confirmed, Elisabeth was suggested to abort the child or else the child will not live more than a couple of hours anyway. There was no soft corner in the SS soldiers’ hearts for the babies. Elisabeth, however, decided that she’ll not abort but will her baby live?

Disturbing Advice

Elisabeth was criticized by all the women in the camp for her decision to keep the baby. They told her how the Germans will not let her baby live but she had already made her choice and now there was no turning back from it. Little did she know, she’ll never get a chance to live with her kids.

The Dark Future

In a place where people got a piece of bread and soup just once a day, Elisabeth worried for her child’s future. Never had she thought that her child will be born in what they started to call death camps. But this pregnancy gave her the long lost reason to live and to think for a future out of that labor camp.

Severe Illness

In the first trimester of her pregnancy, Elisabeth struggled to work. And by the time she entered the second trimester, her health started to deteriorate quickly. The poor diet and intense work were taking over her quickly. The doctor too told her that she and her baby might not survive. And that’s when on Sept. 2nd, 1945 the long-awaited news came.

The War Ends

It was the news of the collapse of Nazi Germany that freed the survivors from the camps and Elisabeth was one of them. Like most of the victims, Elisabeth too was in need of immediate need of medical attention. For her, pregnancy worsened the situation. Even though the first thing she wished to do was to look for her family members, the nurses admitted her to the hospital.

The Scars Of The Past

While in hospital, Elisabeth did all she could to find her long lost family but nothing helped her. The pain of separation wasn’t helping her health at all. The nurses tried to tell her how blessed she was to survive the hellish environment with her kids alive. At least now she didn’t have to worry about her unborn child’s safety. Elisabeth made her peace with this fact but her struggles were far from being over.