2024-09-09
41 分钟Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor. Maxwell Smart was just 11 years old in 1941 when the Nazis took over his town in eastern Poland. One by one his Jewish family were disappeared or killed, but his mother implored him to run for his life just as she and his sister were being loaded onto a German truck. Using his extraordinary ingenuity he managed to survive in remote woodland for the rest of the war, mostly alone, sleeping in improvised shelters and foraging for food. He eventually met another orphaned Jewish boy in the woods, Janek, whose friendship would come to have a profound impact on Maxwell’s life. A feature film based on Maxwell’s life has been released, it’s called The Boy in the Woods. Presenter: Emily Webb Producers: Edgar Maddicott and Rebecca Vincent Editor: Munazza Khan Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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They opened the doors and they started to yell, out, out.
It was a mess outside.
They were yelling, throwing people and trucks.
And she pushes me away.
He says, you have to run away.
You have to live.
But where am I going to go?
You have to help yourself.
I cannot help you anymore.
This stayed with me for 80 years.
I couldn't understand, why doesn't she want me?
Maxwell Smart was 11 years old when his mother pushed him away, forcing him to save himself from the Nazi roundups of Jews during World War II.
He made it, but she didn't.