he was a prisoner here at natzweiler. although relatively small, this was one of the deadliest of the nazi concentration camps. he grew up in a thriving slovene community before mussolini's fascists came and burned their cultural centre to the ground. for seven—year—olds boris it seemed like the end of the world. when the nazis came to trieste, boris joined the resistance but was arrested by the gestapo. i visited him at his home, he recalled the moment of his arrest. translation: the fascist police came to my home to find me. they started to beat me with a leather strap, a whip — one on the left, one on the right, each with a whip. i was screaming. they didn't care. they had a radio on. my back was like a zebra. he was sent to natzweiler, hidden high up in the mountains of alsace. while here, fellow prisoners who were artists also recorded the horrors they saw. translation: in natzweiler, you were immediately afraid. you came in at the top and the gallows welcomed you. we were told there was none other than down th

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he was a prisoner here at natzweiler. although relatively small, this was one of the deadliest of the nazi concentration camps. he grew up in a thriving slovene community before mussolini's fascists came and burned their cultural centre to the ground. for seven—year—olds boris it seemed like the end of the world. when the nazis came to trieste, boris joined the resistance but was arrested by the gestapo. when i visited him at his home, he recalled the moment of his arrest. translation: the fascist police came to my home to find me. they started to beat me with a leather strap, the whip, one on the left, one of the right, each with a whip. i was screaming. they didn't care. they had a radio on. my back was like a zebra. he was sent to natzweiler, hidden high up in the mountains of alsace. while here, fellow prisoners who were artists also recorded the horrors they saw. translation: in natzweiler you were immediately afraid. you came in at the top and the gallows welcomed you. we were told there was none other than down

boris pahor was imprisoned at natzweiler. he is believed to be the oldest living survivor of the nazi concentration camps. the bbc has been to meet him. reporter: boris pahor spent much early life standing up to fascism and the nazis who occupied his hometown, trieste intaly. he was a prisoner here at natzweiler.gh althelatively small, this was one of the deadliest of the he grew up in a th slovene commity, before mussolini'sts fascis came and burned their cultural center to the ground. for seven-year-oldoris, it seemed like the end of the world. when the nazis came to trieste, boris joined the resistance, but was arrested by the gestapo. i visited him at his home. r alled the moment of his arrest. boris: the fascist police came to my home to find me. they started to beat me with a leather strap, a whip, one on the right, one on the left. they didn't care. they had a radio on. my back was like a zebra. reporter: he was sent to natzweiler, hidden high up in the mountains. while here, fellow psoners who were artists also record

translation: in natzweiler you were immediately afraid. you came in at the top and the gallows welcomed you. we were told there was none other than down there. there was no way out but the chimney. typhus was an ever present danger when the prisoners were regularly disinfected. translation: they shaved our heads, armpits and crotches. then they put us under the showers. boris told me prisoners neverforgot that next to the showers there was an oven and that night and day a stoker heaved human logs into it. translation: you can't avoid the smell of burning flesh. you couldn't say, "i won't think about it." you had to keep breathing. you became part of that burning flesh. injuly, 99 years to the day since his beloved cultural centre was burned to the ground, boris returned there. the flames that haunted his childhood were behind him but the plight of all the victims of the death camps remain. and, he says, must never be forgotten. the story of boris pahor who is now 106. and you can see the whole programme the man who saw too much on bbc one