“We saw land and we thought maybe it was Denmark or Sweden but it was not. The water was cold, ice cold. We could not breathe. We heard motorbikes. They were SS soldiers with machine guns and they started to shoot at us. People ran. Blood. Died.”Rita Weiss (1926-2018).“My mother weighed just 34 kilos when she was liberated.”

— Ronit Weiss (daughter of Rita).