These women survived Holocaust to tell a new story

Thirteen women took part in the third annual beauty contest for Holocaust survivors in Israel on Tuesday. Rivka Kushnir, 85, a survivor, waits backstage during a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide in Haifa, Israel, November 24, 2015. (REUTERS)

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Thirteen women took part in the third annual beauty contest for Holocaust survivors in Israel on Tuesday. Rivka Kushnir, 85, a survivor, waits backstage during a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide in Haifa, Israel, November 24, 2015. (REUTERS)

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An estimated six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime from 1941 to 1945. A Holocaust survivor has her nails done during preparations ahead of a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide in Haifa on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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The systematic murder of Jews in a genocide is one of the largest in human history. Stela Krashes, 85, (L) a Holocaust survivor, has her make-up done during a beauty contest for survivors in Haifa on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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The killings were part of Hitler’s theory of ‘Final Solution to the Jewish Question’. Judith Rosenzweig, 81, (R) and Rivka Shtanger, 74, (L) both Holocaust survivors, walk on a runway in Israel on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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Most Jews were systematically killed in gas chambers while many were killed in mass shootings as well. Sarah Israel, 85, a Holocaust survivor, has her hair done during a beauty contest for survivors in Haifa, Israel on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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The Nazi regime set up a network of concentration camps starting in 1933. Holocaust survivor Hava Hershkovitz, 82, a previous beauty queen in the competition, has her make-up done on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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While the process of excluding Jews from civil society began back in 1935, ghettos were created for them after the start of WWII. Holocaust survivors participate in a beauty contest for survivors on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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The Nazis built many extermination camps but the most infamous were Auschwitz, Sobibór and Treblinka. Rita Berkowitz, 83, a Holocaust survivor and winner of a beauty contest for survivors waves to the crowd, in Haifa, November 24, 2015. (REUTERS)