Abstract
This article narrates the incredible story of Bully and Gerda Schott. Bully was one of few Jews to escape Auschwitz, which he did with the help of his future wife Gerda. After escape Bully and Gerda survived the rest of the war, independently of one another, in Berlin. After the war Bully co-operated with the Soviet forces in the tracking down of ex-Nazis. In 1950 he emigrated to Australia. It is individual narratives like these that demonstrate that, despite geographical distance, the Holocaust became part of the history of Australia too. Gerda and Bully became Australian citizens in 1959.
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