Testimonial by Kamil Weiss, survivor of the 1988 chemical attack on his home town of Halabja, a Kurdish town in northern Iraq.

This is an short edit of a two-hour interview in which Kamil talks us through the events of the attack and his long journey of survival.

Survivors' Stories: Kamil Weiss (edited interview)

Kamil Weiss shares his memory of the beginning of the 1988 chemical attack on his home town of Halabja. After heavy bombardment, his family was sheltering with neighbours in their basement when they noticed a piercing smell.

Kamil was fourteen at the time of the chemical attack on Halabja, a Kurdish town in Iraq. He lost his entire family; his own survival was facilitated by his older brother who himself perished. Kamil lives with his wife and children in Halabja. A trained teacher, he is unable to work due to the long-term effects of the attack but has become a prominent representative of Kurdish survivors.

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