'I think this is my nature, to be stubborn': Ballarat's Maria Martin survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen

Caleb Cluff
Updated December 13 2019 - 10:40am, first published December 8 2019 - 5:00am

Maria Martin is slightly bemused about the tattoos her grandchildren have chosen. It's not a generational dispute over getting ink: Martin has a tattoo of her own. Rather the 100-year-old can't fully fathom why they choose to copy the one she bears.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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