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'i survived the holocaust and i fear the children of gaza will be scarred for life'

2025-10-15 https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/14/i-survived-holocaust-fear-children-gaza-will-scarred-life-24420456/ HaiPress

A Holocaust survivor sees no end to the suffering for children in Gaza,even when they return to their homes under a ceasefire agreement.

Agnes Kory,81,survived Nazi rule as a baby but was ‘haunted’ by the death and persecution endured by her family.

The Budapest-born activist fears Gazans face a post-conflict life far worse than that,as the withdrawal of Israeli forces in major cities leaves behind wrecked buildings and rubble.

Agnes told Metro: ‘After I survived,nobody was trying to bomb me and kill me anymore.

Agnes has protested Israel’s military conduct in Gaza (Picture: supplied)

‘There was an end to the atrocities,but I don’t see any end for the Palestinian children.

‘I am not convinced that these people in Gaza will not continue to be under threat of being killed and hurt.

‘The Israeli government does not want a Palestinian state,I don’t believe that there is any peace coming to the Palestinians.’

The ceasefire agreement has seen all 20 living hostages released by Hamas,with more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli detention.

Israeli forces have pulled back to an agreed position within the Gaza Strip,but still occupy half of the territory.

The future of Gaza remains uncertain,with the enclave due to be temporarily governed by a ‘Board of Peace’ headed by Tony Blair.

Close to 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza since October 7 2022 (Picture: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

Agnes,who was born during Nazi rule in Hungary,fears Gazans will not be allowed to live a ‘proper life’ even after Israel’s withdrawal.

She said: ‘Once the Holocaust was over I had equal rights with everybody else.

‘The Palestinians,including the Palestinian children,they still don’t have equal rights like with Jewish citizens of Israel.

‘The ceasefire is just a con. Mr Trump was keen to get his Nobel Prize.

‘They’re not even getting the whole of Gaza back. So the big concentration camp where they once lived,now it’s going to be a smaller concentration camp.

‘Netanyahu did announce that if the Palestinians don’t behave,then the ceasefire will stop,so the Israelis are still the rulers.’

Agnes was born under a false name in Hungary’s capital Budapest in December 1944,nine months after the country was invaded by Nazi Germany.

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Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images)Metro’s on Whatsapp! Join our community for breaking news and juicy stories.As 550,000 Hungarian Jews were rounded up and murdered during the last year of the war,her mother lived in hiding with false papers.Agnes survived the deadly Hungarian Holocaust as a baby (Picture: Helena Aksentijevic)Her aunt returned home with terrifying stories of death at Auschwitz,while her dad survived the brutal Mauthausen concentration camp.Agnes said that she was ‘scarred’ by her experience of the Holocaust and expects many young Gazans to be equally traumatised by the conflict they have witnessed.She added: ‘I have had a good life,which was haunted by memories and the memories of my family.‘All the children in Gaza now will be damaged for life,and they have had a sustained campaign against them.‘They had to live in fear for two years. They were starved.‘Human nature can be resilient. The Palestinians did show amazing,astonishing resilience.‘Presumably a lot of them will be hopeful because if you don’t hope,you cannot live.’Agnes is part of a group of Holocaust survivors and their children who attend pro-Palestinian protests (Picture Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)Agnes,who came to the UK in October 1965 to pursue training as a cellist,is part of Holocaust Survivors and descendants against Gaza genocide.The group attend protests and marches in protest at Israeli conduct during the war in Gaza,which they label a genocide.The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in September that Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza,after more than 65,000 Palestinians were confirmed to have been killed.The UK government however has disagreed with his assessment,which Israel also denies.More than 18,000 children are among the dead in Gaza,where a famine was officially declared in August.More 80% of Gaza buildings have been destroyed or damaged during the conflict,the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said. Agnes said: ‘That’s not a war. It was a killing field and what else can you call a killing field? It’s a genocide.’‘A lot of what Israel does is supposed to be doing in the name of Holocaust survivors,in the name of Jews.‘I resent that. I’m outraged by it. It’s definitely not in my name.’
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