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