Ep 4 Fear is contageous

“You lived in Sobibor in constant fear. Every moment could be your last.” This is a statement from Selma Wijnberg about the time she spent as a forced laborer in Sobibor. What did that fear do to the rest of her life? How do you prevent passing that fear on to your children? It is the central theme of this episode, which revolves in part around epigenetics: how events in your life change your DNA. And in this episode, we also look at a sudden wealth of information coming from Russia: material from a website with years of secret documents about Sobibor. Statements, photos. What do they show? Was there really a children's playground on the former extermination camp in the years after the war? We speak again with Esther, about what her family history did to her. Did she inherit an extra sensitivity to fear through her mother's DNA? And what can you do about it if so? Yael, the daughter of a Sobibor survivor, began creating artworks. She drew inspiration from what archaeologists found in the soil of the former camp. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode: [email protected]. For more information, visit the website of Stichting Sobibor (https://www.sobibor.org/). Music written and performed by Mark Lobenstein (https://marklobenstein.com/?js_artist=mark_lobenstein). Spoken word created and performed by Ben Oranje (https://benoranje.nl). #Sobibor #WWII #history #Audiodroom #Holocaust #Jews #war #Westerbork #Amsterdam #ghetto #1943 #DovFreiberg