Holocaust survivor Raquel Lily Soriano Alhadeff (C), 97, poses surrounded by part of her family (some living in the US and UK): her son Anthony (2nd L) and his wife Betina (L), her son James (2nd R) and his wife Silvana (R), her grandchildren Cindy (3rd L) and Tomas (3rd R), and (on laptop and mobile screens) her granddaughters Chiara, Nicole, and Barbara, during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on December 23, 2024. Alhadeff was born on March 18, 1927, in Rhodes, Italy. Deported to Auschwitz (Poland) in July 1944, she was tattooed with the number A24454, and her task was to carry heavy bricks. In January 1945 she was deported to the Kaufering concentration camp in Germany. She spoke German, so her task was to translate for the women, transport food, and clean the clothes of the SS officers living in Landsberg. That was the opportunity she took with her friend Rosa Hanan and two others to flee days before the liberation of the Kaufering camp in April 1945 at the age of 18. She has 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)