Auschwitz survivor Maria Scheffer recognised for work on suspected Nazis who fled to Australia

By Lisa Visentin
Updated October 20 2014 - 2:13am, first published 1:58am
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir
Witnessed horrors: Maria Scheffer has been recognised for her PhD work by Flinders University. Photo: Nick Moir

On May 8, 1945, as Maria Scheffer lay awake in her bed in Theresienstadt concentration camp, the sound of Russian singing began floating through the midnight air.