[3] As the war approached its conclusion and Germany was surrounded by the Allies, Hersh and the other Jews at Auschwitz were transported across the country.

The Soviet soldiers let all of the surviving Jews do whatever they wanted with the Germans; Arek took the captain's food to show him how it felt to starve.

Hersh was included in a group of 300 Holocaust-surviving children who, following their liberation, were brought to the Lake District in England as part of a rehabilitation plan.

[8] In 1948, Hersh volunteered to fight in the Israeli Defence Forces "to contribute towards the war of independence".

In 1995, as part of his first public discussion of his Holocaust experiences, Hersh published his book, A Detail of History.

[12] Hersh was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Arek" (2005) produced by UNISON and directed by Tony Lloyd.