Alfano G NDE

Experience Description

On October 16, 2008, when I was 16 years old, I was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in Frattamaggiore around 11:00 PM. I had purchased my SH 125 scooter less than a month earlier and was riding with a group of friends. There were five motorcycles and about ten of us in total. As we approached an intersection, a car struck me. I was thrown into the air and lost consciousness immediately. The accident was severe enough to be reported in local newspapers and on television.

I sustained critical injuries, including five brain aneurysms, severe head trauma, a lung contusion, and the loss of my left lung. Emergency medical interventions were required, including cranial drainage procedures and specialized medications, some of which were reportedly sourced from the United States. I remained in a deep coma for approximately sixteen to seventeen days.

My last memories before losing consciousness were leaving a gas station in Cardito, followed by a sudden sense of silence and confusion. I then experienced what felt like an out-of-body perspective, seeing myself lying on the ground after the impact. After that, my awareness shifted into something entirely different. I felt as if I were on a train, arriving at what seemed to be a camp. In this place, I was no longer my current age but instead a child of about nine years old, living with parents who were not my real ones. Everyone around me wore black-and-white striped clothing.

What I experienced there felt completely real, not like a dream. There were many people, including families and children, and daily life seemed to follow a routine that included playing and ordinary activities. At some point, I was taken into a large room filled with people who were crying, although the individuals I perceived as my parents tried to reassure me.

The experience ended abruptly with a sudden collapse of everyone around me and a sense of chaos and confusion. I also felt physical sensations, as if children were pulling my ears and slapping me. Immediately after this, I regained consciousness in a hospital bed. Approximately sixteen to seventeen days had passed.

At the time of the accident, I had very limited education and no knowledge of historical events such as concentration camps, Adolf Hitler, or the Holocaust. Despite this, the environment I experienced during the coma closely resembled a concentration camp, including the striped clothing and overall structure. About two months after waking, I watched the movie The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and was shocked to recognize elements that were nearly identical to what I had experienced.

Even years later, the memory of that experience has remained vivid and consistent. It has never felt like a dream, but rather like something real that I lived through.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 10/16/2008

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
In the Auschwitz concentration camp

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
Concentration camps

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? I didn't understand anything

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

Were your senses more vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience I have always been very hyperactive

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience Always hyperactive

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Yes
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

Did you see or feel surrounded by a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? Some unfamiliar and strange place
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I died in the gas chamber at age 9 in the concentration camp

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? My past flashed before me, out of my control
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated - Atheist
Not practicing

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated - Atheist
Same as then and today, even though I am saved

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
to a concentration camp

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? Yes
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes
I found myself in Hitler's concentration camp

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life
None

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? No

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
Many years ago

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
I believe we reincarnate

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
Real

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes

Anything else to add? Nothing