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Why tattoo on newborn babies with mama numbers?

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holding WHY by hand while bushes seen on background World War 2 historical novel and true story ' The Midwife of Auschwitz ' is written by author Anna Stuart which consists of 364 pages. It was 1943, when Ana Kaminski along with her panic juvenile friend Ester Pasternak forcibly had to take refuge behind the solid gates of Auschwitz on the eve of World War 2. There amid the unfriendly, uncertain environment, she silently revealed herself midwife and her friend as her assistant. They went inside the maternity hut as instructed. Their arms were marked with tattoos. When she arrived in maternity hut, Anna did midwife job, new born babies born, she tried her best to save them and hold them back as she could.  It was difficult for Anna to tolerate tyranny after seeing two guards grabbed away blond-haired baby from its birth mother after marching with SS uniforms inside maternity hut. But she could do nothing except consoling her. Along with horror Anna saw a ray of hope, babies wh...

How he lived for more than four hundred years duration?

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Buddhist Monk inside hourglass Historical fiction novel 'How to Stop Time' written by author Matt Haig which consists of 352 pages. How to Stop Time The actual age of Tom Hazard was forty one years but he had been living more than four hundred years. But how he is still alive? His living secret connected to one man whose name was Hendrich. Tom who was born on March 1581, had seen upheavals happened throughout ages, and he passed through the good and bad times of history. Tom had liberty to enjoy his life but had one restriction and that was to stay away from falling love to woman. Tom had to be cautious and tried not to think about any woman in his dreams but if he does, prove not good for his extended life. Tom was reminded to stay aloof in Sri Lanka when he was helping out a Sri Lankan woman named Chandrika who was not feeling well and requires immediate attention at temple.   After getting nod from Hendrich, Tom had travel to London to give his interview for history ...