Concentration camp survivor talks to students

Rudi Oppenheimer told the harrowing story of his ordeal in Belsen, the concentration camp where an estimated 50,000 died from 1943-45.

Mr Oppenheimer, who is now in his 70s, was born in Germany but his family fled to Holland to try to escape the Nazis.

The whole family, including his parents and two siblings, were later taken to Belsen .

He spoke to Lewes Priory School Year 10 and 11 history students about the privations and terrible conditions in the concentration camp where both of his parents perished.

After liberation Mr Oppenheimer and his brother and sister were able to relocate to England because the sister had been born in the country.

Mike Manktelow, community coordinator at the school, said the children were captivated by the talk which brought the subject to life better than any textbook.