Eva Galler

Holocaust Survivor

Eva Galler

During the Holocaust

Eva Galler was born January 1, 1924, in the town Oleszyce that is located in Poland. Eva Galler was the oldest of eight children. And she was the only survivor out of her whole family. Eva and her familr was on a cattle train to Belzec Extermination Camp. On the way there, Eva and two of her younger siblings jumped out of the train. German soldiers shot at them and Eva escaped alive and unharmed while her siblings did not.

After the escape

After Eva escaped, She lived in a train statio for two days. Then she walked and walked until she came across a farmers' market. Germans were catchig boys and girls and was forcing them to work. When they caught Eva she was caught as a Gentile and not a Jew. Eva worked in Germany til the end of the war.

After the holocaust

• Eva had returned to Wroclaw, Polland. She then got married and moved to Sweden.
• There in Sweden, She got a job and had three children.
• After that she moved to the United States. She then lived in New York and then she settled down in New Orleans.
• Eva was a hebrew teacher, She then graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1985.
• After that she and her husband, Henry Galler visited schools and talked about the holocaust.
• Eva Galler died January 5, 2006 at the age of 84.

• https://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/survivor-stories/Eva-Galler/
• https://theholocaustthroughtheireyes.weebly.com/eva-galler.html