(German militia). They were put on transports and sent east. At some point Frankenthal lost consciousness and awoke two days after they were liberated by Russian troops. Liberation The train stopped at Theresienstadt concentration camp, where they were ordered into a new set of barracks shortly before the Soviet Red Army arrived and liberated the inmates. Despite the now available food, water and basic medical care, many of the freed prisoners died in the days after due to the lasting effects of malnutrition and maltreatment and a typhoid fever epidemic. Shortly after the liberation, Frankenthal found his aunt in Theresienstadt, who had survived a Ghetto because of her status as Halbjüdin (Half-Jew). He and his brother then organised their return to Schmallenberg through the Displaced Persons Program. Upon their return to Schmallenberg, the brothers found out that although several houses were destroyed during the war, their parents' house was not among them. The house was, however, inhabited by some relatives who had already made their way from a ghetto back to Schmallenberg. Hans Frankenthal Prize From 2011 onwards the Foundation Auschwitz Committee (Stiftung Auschwitz-Komitee) inaugurates the Hans Frankenthal Prize. This annual prize is awarded to groups, initiatives and institutions that accomplish educational work and awareness training according to the aims of the Auschwitz Committee for the remembrance of the Shoah and against neo-fascist activities. Bibliography Frankenthal, Hans (1999). Verweigerte Rückkehr. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag (1999) Frankenthal, Hans (2002). The Unwelcome One. Returning Home from Auschwitz. In collaboration with Andreas Plake, Babette Quinkert, and Florian Schmaltz. Translated from German by John A. Broadwin. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press (2002) References 1926 births 1999 deaths People from Hochsauerlandkreis People from the Province of Westphalia Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime members Jewish German writers Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp survivors German male writers