The donations will be used to purchase medical equipment for paediatric oncology and haematology wards in Poland.
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The woman who has lived her whole life in Auschwitz
Stuart Dowell
Anna Odi, the daughter of two museum employees, has lived her entire life within the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp.
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