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Top 15 Olga Lengyel Quotes (2026 Update)

Olga Lengyel Quote: “I had then two reasons to live: one, to work with the resistance movement and help as long as I could stand upon my feet; two, to dream and pray for the day to come when I could go free and tell the world, “This is what I saw with my own eyes. It must never be allowed to happen again!”

1. “I had then two reasons to live: one, to work with the resistance movement and help as long as I could stand upon my feet; two, to dream and pray for the day to come when I could go free and tell the world, “This is what I saw with my own eyes. It must never be allowed to happen again!”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “Muchas veces ocurre que el hombre habla con orgullo de sus acciones menos nobles.”

2. “Muchas veces ocurre que el hombre habla con orgullo de sus acciones menos nobles.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “When the employees of “Canada” or of the “Bekleidungskammer” stole warm clothing for their ragged comrades, that was not common theft; it was an act of social solidarity.”

3. “When the employees of “Canada” or of the “Bekleidungskammer” stole warm clothing for their ragged comrades, that was not common theft; it was an act of social solidarity.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “So long had it been since we had eaten civilized provisions that we could not identify it. After much reflection I realized that it was simply bread spread with lard or grease.”

4. “So long had it been since we had eaten civilized provisions that we could not identify it. After much reflection I realized that it was simply bread spread with lard or grease.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “They had found the courage to reject a life which no longer merited the name.”

5. “They had found the courage to reject a life which no longer merited the name.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “We were sorry for them, for such deaths were really horrible; yet we envied them, too. They had found the courage to reject a life which no longer merited the name.”

6. “We were sorry for them, for such deaths were really horrible; yet we envied them, too. They had found the courage to reject a life which no longer merited the name.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “To enrich their racial science, the Germans regularly extracted blood. Apart from the scientific interest, the blood of the internees was used for transfusions to German wounded five hundred cc. of blood were taken from each “voluntary” donor and sent immediately to the army. To save the lives of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the Germans forgot that Jewish blood was “of inferior quality.”

7. “To enrich their racial science, the Germans regularly extracted blood. Apart from the scientific interest, the blood of the internees was used for transfusions to German wounded five hundred cc. of blood were taken from each “voluntary” donor and sent immediately to the army. To save the lives of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the Germans forgot that Jewish blood was “of inferior quality.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “Frequently, ironic situations resulted. One blocova, formerly maid-of-all-work, selected her erstwhile mistress as her personal servant. The latter brushed the shoes and mended the tatters of her ex-maid.”

8. “Frequently, ironic situations resulted. One blocova, formerly maid-of-all-work, selected her erstwhile mistress as her personal servant. The latter brushed the shoes and mended the tatters of her ex-maid.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “One internee told me that he had been in their barrack while they waited for the trucks. The children were sitting on the floor, wide-eyed and silent. He asked one lad, “Well, how are you, Janeck?” With a thoughtful expression on his face, the child answered, “Everything is so bad here that it can only be better ‘over there.’ I am not afraid.”

9. “One internee told me that he had been in their barrack while they waited for the trucks. The children were sitting on the floor, wide-eyed and silent. He asked one lad, “Well, how are you, Janeck?” With a thoughtful expression on his face, the child answered, “Everything is so bad here that it can only be better ‘over there.’ I am not afraid.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “The priests and nuns in the camp proved that they had real strength of character.”

10. “The priests and nuns in the camp proved that they had real strength of character.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “In the feeble glimmer of that light, we spent a sleepless night, all thinking of the same thing, the death that was concealed across the threshold of the coming dawn. Although the wind blew in through the cracked windowpanes, we thought that we would suffocate. “Enemy” planes flew overhead. The eerie wail of sirens went through the camp. Finally, the pale day broke.”

11. “In the feeble glimmer of that light, we spent a sleepless night, all thinking of the same thing, the death that was concealed across the threshold of the coming dawn. Although the wind blew in through the cracked windowpanes, we thought that we would suffocate. “Enemy” planes flew overhead. The eerie wail of sirens went through the camp. Finally, the pale day broke.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “I spoke to a twelve-year-old boy from the Czech camp who was wandering along the barbed wire, looking for something to eat. After speaking to him for a few minutes, I said, “Karli, do you know that you are too clever?” “Yes,” was the reply, “I know that I am very clever. But I know, too, that I shall never have a chance to be more clever. That is what is tragic.”

12. “I spoke to a twelve-year-old boy from the Czech camp who was wandering along the barbed wire, looking for something to eat. After speaking to him for a few minutes, I said, “Karli, do you know that you are too clever?” “Yes,” was the reply, “I know that I am very clever. But I know, too, that I shall never have a chance to be more clever. That is what is tragic.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “By going together we would at least be assured a common fate. In the future, as in the past, my place would be at my husband’s side.”

13. “By going together we would at least be assured a common fate. In the future, as in the past, my place would be at my husband’s side.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “The Nordic Supermen knew how to profit from everything. Immense casks were used to gather the human grease which had melted down at high temperatures. It was not surprising that the camp soap had such a peculiar odor. Nor was it astonishing that the internees became suspicious at the sight of certain pieces of fat sausage!”

14. “The Nordic Supermen knew how to profit from everything. Immense casks were used to gather the human grease which had melted down at high temperatures. It was not surprising that the camp soap had such a peculiar odor. Nor was it astonishing that the internees became suspicious at the sight of certain pieces of fat sausage!”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “We lived to resist and we resisted to live.”

15. “We lived to resist and we resisted to live.”

— Olga Lengyel

Olga Lengyel Quote: “As a matter of fact, the idea of death seeped into our blood. We would die, anyway, whatever happened. We would be gassed, we would be burned, we would be hanged, or we would be shot. The members of the underground at least knew that if they died, they would die fighting for something.”

16. “As a matter of fact, the idea of death seeped into our blood. We would die, anyway, whatever happened. We would be gassed, we would be burned, we would be hanged, or we would be shot. The members of the underground at least knew that if they died, they would die fighting for something.”

— Olga Lengyel

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