Born in 1924 in Oświęcim/Auschwitz to Jewish parents, Karl Littner was deported as a Jewish prisoner to various Nazi concentration camps from 1941. In 1944, he was sent to the « Bergkristall » complex. Despite suffering immense deprivation and harassment, he survived Gusen II camp and the forced labor.

Photo: Rudolf A. Haunschmied; Excerpt from: Karl Littner, Life Hanging on a Spider Web. From Auschwitz-Zasole to Gusen II, Norderstedt 2011