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#XXX

Name

Hometown: XX Born: XX Deported at age XX

Transport List # XX

SURVIVED

Sister: XX, List: XX

SURVIVAL STATUS

Zlata Kaufman

prisoner #1462

1921 - 1975

Auschwitz 1942-45

Peri Kaufman

1923 - X

prisoner #1461

Auschwitz 1942-45

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1970

SURVIVED

Edit Friedmanová

Hometown: Humenné Born: July 11, 1924 Deported at age 17

Transport List # 237

Sister: Lea Friedmanova, Transport List # 236

SURVIVAL STATUS

EDITa friedmanova

prisoner #1970

1924 - 2020

Auschwitz 1942-45

EDITa friedmanova

prisoner #1970

1924 - 2020

Auschwitz 1942-45

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Auschwitz 1942-45

Ruzena Haberova

Edita Friedmannova

Lenka Trietelova

XXX XXX

XXXXXX

Anna Semmerova

XXXXXX

Priska Steinerová

Hometown: Vys. Svidnik Born: 1924 Deported at age 17

Died of Typhus

List: 984

SURVIVAL STATUS

Best Friend: Bertha Berkowitz, List: 987

#1048

SURVIVED

Bertha Berkovitcová

Hometown: Vyš. Pisaná Born: 1925 Deported at age 16

List: 987

SURVIVAL STATUS

Sister: Fany Berkowitz #A27134

Bertha Berkowitz

1925 - 2008

prisoner #1048

Moves to Birkenau. Begins work in Leichenkommando, moving dead bodies.

8-10 AUG. 1942

Bertha made 3 trips to Auschwitz before she died.

2008

April 1945

Liberated from Bergen Belsen & returned to high school

25 March 1942

Deported to Auschwitz

OCT. 1944

Relocated to Bergen Belsen

Secret Seder Block 27

APRIL 1943

Humenne

prisoner #

1924 -

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Born in

Secret Seder on Pesach

xxxx

xxxx

#1971

Helena Citrónová

Hometown: Humenné Place of Birth: Velky Berezny

List: 314

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

Sister: Ružinka "Róza" Grauber

HELENA CITRON / Tsipora

prisoner #1971

1921 - 2007

2007

1921

DOD: died4 June, age 85

DOB: 6 August 1921 Humenne, Slovakia

Auschwitz 1942-45

Ruzinka Grauberdová

Hometown: Velke Berezne, Ushorod Born: Jan. 31 1911 Deported in May 1944 at age 33 with her daughter, Aviva, and newborn son.

SURVIVED

Sister: Helena Citronova #1971 Daughter: Aviva Grauberd

SURVIVAL STATUS

Ruzinka GrauberD

prisoner #1971

1921 - 2007

1919

DOB: 6 August 1921 Humenne, Slovakia

Auschwitz 1944

2007

DOD: died4 June, age 85

Aviva Grauberdová

GASSED

Hometown: Humenné Born in Tel Aviv, Palestine: 1935 Deported to Auschwitz age 8 years old

Aunt: Helena Citronová, List 314 Mother: Ružinka Grauberdová

SURVIVAL STATUS

AVIVA Grauber

1938 - 1944

Auschwitz Mai 1944

Died 5 December 1942

Magda Amsterová

Hometown: Prešov Born: 1925 Deported at age 18

List: 413

SURVIVAL STATUS

Witness and Friend: Giora Amir, not deported

Learn more about Magda

Magda Amster

1923 - 1942

1923

Born in Presov, Slovakia

Magda is moved to Block 25, "the block of death" Died on December 5, Shabbat Chanukah, at the age of 19.

#1930

Ida Eigermannová

Hometown: Nowy Sacz, Poland Born: 1921 Deported from Presov at age 21

List: 397

SURVIVED

Friend, Gizzy xx

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

SURVIVED

#1966

Serena Bleichová

Hometown: Krynica, Poland, Born: 1922 Deported from Humenné at age 20

List: 356

SURVIVAL STATUS

SERENA BLEICH

prisoner #1966

Learn more about Rena

1922 - XXX

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1955

Margita Beckerová

Hometown: Humenné Born: 1922 Deported age 22

SURVIVED

List: 233

SURVIVAL STATUS

Manci Becker

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

Died 19 Sept. 1942

Piroska Baumová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1924 Deported at age 18

List: 958

Sister, Serena Baumová, List: 959

SURVIVAL STATUS

Serena Baumová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1922 Deported at age 20

List: 959

Selected and Gassed 3 Oct. 1942

Sister: Piroska Baumova, List: 958

SURVIVAL STATUS

DIED

Piroska Schwartzová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1923 Deported at age 20

List: 948

Sister: Regina Schwartz, not on first transport

SURVIVAL STATUS

"Posing on a log in the woods, c. 1940. L to r: Regina Schwartz, Frimet Gotz-Neumann, Duci [Dorena] Siegelmann, Perl [Piroska] Schwartz, Boriska Grosberger, Chana Laner, Feige Laner, Sara Baum, Perl Baum, [unidentified] girl from Svidnik. Of the Stropkovers, only Regina Schwartz survived."

Zlatica Altmannová

Hometown: Levoča Born: 1920 Deported at age 20

List: 713

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

Sister: Serena Altmannová, List: 712

Serena Altmannová

Hometown: Levoča Born: 1925 Deported at age 17

List: 712

Died

Sister: Zlatica Altmannova, List: 713

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1735

SURVIVED

Lenka Zuckermennová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1924 Deported at age 18

List: 172

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1549

Malvina Zimmerspitzová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1921 Deported at age 21

Executed

List: 163

Sisters: Frida & Ružena Zimmerspitz, List: 149 & 164 Cousins: Etela & Fanny Zimmerspitz, List: 161 & 162

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1548

Frida Zimmerspitzová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1921 Deported at age 21

Executed

List: 163

Sisters: Malvina & Ružena Zimmerspitz, List: 163 & 164 Cousins: Etela & Fanny Zimmerspitz, List: 161 & 162

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1756

Fanny Zimmerspitzová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1919 Deported at age 23

List: 162

Sister: Eta Zimmerspitz, List: 161 Cousins: Frida, Malvina & Roza Zimmerspitz List: 149, 163,164

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1755

Etela Zimmerspitzová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1925 Deported at age 16

List: 161

SURVIVED

Sister: Fanny Zimmerspitz, List: 162 Cousins: Frida, Malvina & Roza Zimmerspitz List: 149, 163,164

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1487

Executed

Ruzena Zimmerspitzová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1913 Deported at age 29

List: 164

Sisters: Frida & Malvina Zimmerspitzova List 149, 163 Cousins: Etela & Fanny Zimmerspitz, List: 161, 162

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1173

Lucie Reichová

Hometown: Prešov Born: 1924 (typo on list says 1910) Deported at age 17

List: 582

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

Died 18 Sept. 1942

Magda Höflichová

Hometown: Poprad Born: 1921 Deported at age 21

List: 126

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1354

SURVIVED

Klara Herzová

Hometown: Sp. Matiasovce Born: 1922 Deported at age 20

List: 185

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1002

SURVIVED

Anna Sternová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1925 Deported at age 17

List: 933

Sister: Serena Sternova, List: 932

SURVIVAL STATUS

Rena Kornreich

prisoner #1716

Learn more about Rena

1921 - 2007

1945

1921

2007

Born in Humenne, Slovakia on August 6th

Edith is liberatedfrom xx

Helena dies on June 4th at 85

1942

19xx

Edith marries author, Ladislav Grosman

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz with Leah

#1808

SURVIVED

Klara Lustbaderová

Hometown: Meretice Born: 1925 Deported at age 16

List: 663

SURVIVAL STATUS

Learn more about Magda

Magda Amsterova

1923 - 1942

1923

Magda's father, after initially trying to hide her, chases the train in hopes of saving her

Magda died on December 5, Shabbat Chanukah, at the age of 19

Born in Presov, Slovakia

Magda is moved to Block 25, "the block of death"

1942

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz

Died

Ruth Lichtigová

Hometown: Prešov Born: 1925 Deported at age 17

List: 452

SURVIVAL STATUS

Lenka Weinbergerová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1920 Deported at age 22

Died

List: 919

SURVIVAL STATUS

Learn more about Magda

Magda Amsterova

1923 - 1942

1923

Magda's father, after initially trying to hide her, chases the train in hopes of saving her

Magda died on December 5, Shabbat Chanukah, at the age of 19

Born in Presov, Slovakia

Magda is moved to Block 25, "the block of death"

1942

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz

#unknown

Malka Tannenbaumová

Hometown: Zbrov Born: 1923 Deported at age 19

List: 24

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

#unknown

Lilly Friedmannová

Hometown: Stripkov Born: 1917* Deported at age 25

List: 913

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

SURVIVED

#unknown

Rozalia Amselová

Hometown: Stropkov Born: 1924 Deported at age 17

List: 957

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1037

Ruzena Kleinmannová

Hometown: Breznica Born: 1921 Deported at age 21

List: 936

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

#1019

Margita Friedmannová

Hometown: Kolbovce Born: 1921 Deported at age 21

List: 902

SURVIVED

SURVIVAL STATUS

Margita Friedmannová

prisoner #1019

1921 - xxxx

Auschwitz 1942-45

"We were in Auschwitz. All six of us on the first transport." Bride: Lily Friedman #, Above Lily (L-R) Ruzena Kleinman, #1037, Rozalia Amsel, Margaret Friedman #1019. Below Lily (L -R) Malka Tannenbaum #, unidentified survivor, and "the only child to survive the war in town" (X NAME) c. 1948. Source: Margaret Friedman Kulik, #1019

"We were in Auschwitz. All six of us on the first transport." Bride: Lily Friedman #, Above Lily (L-R) Ruzena Kleinman, #1037, Rozalia Amsel, Margaret Friedman #1019. Below Lily (L -R) Malka Tannenbaum #, unidentified survivor, and "the only child to survive the war in town" (X NAME) c. 1948. Source: Margaret Friedman Kulik, #1019

Lenka Treitelová

Hometown: Humenné Born: 1924 Deported at age 17

Died

List: 352

SURVIVAL STATUS

Olga Hartmannová

Hometown: Rožkovany Born: 1925 Deported at age 16

Died

List: 879

SURVIVAL STATUS

Cousin: Magda Hartmann List: 880

Learn more about Magda

Magda Amsterova

1923 - 1942

1923

Magda's father, after initially trying to hide her, chases the train in hopes of saving her

Magda died on December 5, Shabbat Chanukah, at the age of 19

Born in Presov, Slovakia

Magda is moved to Block 25, "the block of death"

1942

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz

Magda Hartmannová

Hometown: Rožkovany Born: 1924 Deported at age 17

List: 880

Died

Cousin: Olga Hartmann List: 879

SURVIVAL STATUS

Learn more about Magda

Magda Hartmannova

1923 - 1942

1923

Magda's father, after initially trying to hide her, chases the train in hopes of saving her

Magda died on December 5, Shabbat Chanukah, at the age of 19

Born in Presov, Slovakia

Magda is moved to Block 25, "the block of death"

1942

Deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz

IRENA Salzmannova, 19

SERENA Feinova, 20

ANNA Herskovicova, 18

SERENA AMSELOVA, 25

MATILDA AMSELOVA, 27

RELLA Schumannova, 17

ANNA Herskovicova, 19

SERENA FINDLINGOVA, 20

LENKA Herskovitsova, 21

SARA ANISZOVA, 22

MAGDA Schwarzova, 19

EVA FISCHOVA, 17

PRISKA Izakova, 22

KLARA ATLESZOVA, 26

HELENA Seifertova, 35

RUZENA Friedmannova, 17

IRENA Jakobovicova, 20

CECILIA Siegelmannova, 31

CECILIA Baumhaftova, 20

REGINA Friedmannova, 23

IRENA Jozefovicova, 21

TEREZIA Silbermannova, 19

PIRI Friedmannova, 25

REBEKA BECKEROVA, 18

RIFKA Kornreichova, 22

LENKA Silbermannova, 19

LEA Friedmannova, 20

MARGITA BECKEROVA, 20

JOZEFA Kronovicova, 23

ALZBETA Speiserova, 22

EDITA Friedmannova, 18

JOLANA BERGEROVA, 31

FRANTISKA Straussova, 21

RUZENA Landauova, 24

MARGITA FRIEDOVA, 17

JOLANA BERKOVICOVA, 17

HELENA Szabova, 20

RUZENA Lebovicova, 20

JOSEFINA FRIEDOVA, 20

SERENA BLEICHOVA, 20

ALZBETA Szekelyova, 23

REGINA Lebovicova, 20

MARGITA FUCHSOVA, 34

RUZENA Boruchovicova, 19

ETELA Teifesova, 19

KORNELIA GELBOVA, 24

HELENA Lebovičová, 23

HELENA CITRONOVA, 21

MATILDA Teixlerova, 36

RUZENA Leichtmannova, 24

HERMINA GELBOVA, 21

ALICE CITRONOVA, 17

ANNA Teixlerova, 38

BLANKE Lindenbaumova, 30

ETELA GELBOVA, 23

PRISKA Deutschova, 24

PEPI Teslerova, 23

IRENA Lowyova, 31

OLGA GLUCKOVA, 18

HELENA Deutschova, 22

ANNA Teslerova, 27

HELENA Majerovicova, 34

RUZENA GROSSOVA, 26

REZI Donenfeldova, 42

Ruzena (Rozalia) Tesslervova, 21

ADELA GROSSOVA, 19

FRANTISKA Mehrova, 20

ETELA Drangerova, 21

RUZENA GRUNBERGEROVA, 25

RUZENA Treitelova, 20

EDITA Moskovicova, 19

DINA Donenfeldova, 21

SERENA Grunfeldova, 33

LENKA Treitelova, 18

ANNA Moskovicova, 18

HENIA (HENNA) Ehrenbergova, 17

AURELIA Vinklerova, 22

FRIDA GUTTEROVA, 23

MARGITA Mozesova, 22

ANNA Ehrenbergova, 20

SERENA Weidmannova, 23

ANNA GUTTEROVA, 29

Gizela (Gizella) Neumannova, 40

ADELA Ehrlichova, 24

FRANTISKA Weinbergerova, 24

KLARA Rosenbergova, 24

SARA Guttmannova, 25

EDITA Eichlerova, 20

ADELA Weissova , 17

JOHANNA Rosenfeldova, 28

EDITA Guttmannova, 17

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

SERENA ROTHOVA, 20

RUZENA HABEROVA, 19

REGINA Wilkova, 22

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

RUZENA ROTHOVA, 22

JETTY Winklerova, 21

REGINA HANSOVA, 22

ETELA Zeigerova, 43

MAGDA HANSOVA, 18

ETELA Rubinova, 27

LENKA Heitlingerova, 35

RELLA Salzmannova, 17

GIZELA Zieglerova, 21

ANNA Herskovicova, 19

SERENA AMSELOVA, 25

EVA FISCHOVA, 17

IRENA Salzmannova, 19

MATILDA AMSELOVA, 27

RELLA Schumannova, 17

RUZENA Friedmannova, 17

LENKA Herskovitsova, 21

MAGDA Schwarzova, 19

SARA ANISZOVA, 22

REGINA Friedmannova, 23

PRISKA Izakova, 22

HELENA Seifertova, 35

KLARA ATLESZOVA, 26

IRENA Jakobovicova, 20

PIRI Friedmannova, 25

CECILIA Siegelmannova, 31

CECILIA Baumhaftova, 20

IRENA Jozefovicova, 21

LEA Friedmannova, 20

TEREZIA Silbermannova, 19

REBEKA BECKEROVA, 18

RIFKA Kornreichova, 22

EDITA Friedmannova, 18

LENKA Silbermannova, 19

MARGITA BECKEROVA, 20

JOZEFA Kronovicova, 23

MARGITA FRIEDOVA, 17

ALZBETA Speiserova, 22

RUZENA Landauova, 24

JOLANA BERGEROVA, 31

JOSEFINA FRIEDOVA, 20

FRANTISKA Straussova, 21

RUZENA Lebovicova, 20

JOLANA BERKOVICOVA, 17

MARGITA FUCHSOVA, 34

HELENA Szabova, 20

REGINA Lebovicova, 20

SERENA BLEICHOVA, 20

KORNELIA GELBOVA, 24

ALZBETA Szekelyova, 23

HELENA Lebovičová, 23

HERMINA GELBOVA, 21

RUZENA Boruchovicova, 19

ETELA Teifesova, 19

RUZENA Leichtmannova, 24

ETELA GELBOVA, 23

HELENA CITRONOVA, 21

MATILDA Teixlerova, 36

BLANKE Lindenbaumova, 30

Info

OLGA GLUCKOVA, 18

ALICE CITRONOVA, 17

ANNA Teixlerova, 38

IRENA Lowyova, 31

RUZENA GROSSOVA, 26

PRISKA Deutschova, 24

PEPI Teslerova, 23

HELENA Majerovicova, 34

ADELA GROSSOVA, 19

HELENA Deutschova, 22

ANNA Teslerova, 27

FRANTISKA Mehrova, 20

Ruzena (Rozalia) Tesslervova, 21

RUZENA GRUNBERGEROVA, 25

REZI Donenfeldova, 42

EDITA Moskovicova, 19

SERENA Grunfeldova, 33

ETELA Drangerova, 21

RUZENA Treitelova, 20

ANNA Moskovicova, 18

DINA Donenfeldova, 21

FRIDA GUTTEROVA, 23

LENKA Treitelova, 18

MARGITA Mozesova, 22

HENIA (HENNA) Ehrenbergova, 17

AURELIA Vinklerova, 22

ANNA GUTTEROVA, 29

Gizela (Gizella) Neumannova, 40

ANNA Ehrenbergova, 20

SERENA Weidmannova, 23

SARA Guttmannova, 25

KLARA Rosenbergova, 24

ADELA Ehrlichova, 24

FRANTISKA Weinbergerova, 24

EDITA Guttmannova, 17

JOHANNA Rosenfeldova, 28

EDITA Eichlerova, 20

ADELA Weissova , 17

RUZENA HABEROVA, 19

SERENA ROTHOVA, 20

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

REGINA Wilkova, 22

REGINA HANSOVA, 22

RUZENA ROTHOVA, 22

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

JETTY Winklerova, 21

MAGDA HANSOVA, 18

ETELA Rubinova, 27

SERENA Feinova, 20

ETELA Zeigerova, 43

LENKA Heitlingerova, 35

RELLA Salzmannova, 17

SERENA FINDLINGOVA, 20

ANNA Herskovicova, 18

GIZELA Zieglerova, 21

ANNA Herskovicova, 19

SERENA AMSELOVA, 25

EVA FISCHOVA, 17

IRENA Salzmannova, 19

MATILDA AMSELOVA, 27

RELLA Schumannova, 17

RUZENA Friedmannova, 17

LENKA Herskovitsova, 21

MAGDA Schwarzova, 19

SARA ANISZOVA, 22

REGINA Friedmannova, 23

PRISKA Izakova, 22

HELENA Seifertova, 35

KLARA ATLESZOVA, 26

IRENA Jakobovicova, 20

PIRI Friedmannova, 25

CECILIA Siegelmannova, 31

CECILIA Baumhaftova, 20

IRENA Jozefovicova, 21

LEA Friedmannova, 20

TEREZIA Silbermannova, 19

REBEKA BECKEROVA, 18

RIFKA Kornreichova, 22

EDITA Friedmannova, 18

LENKA Silbermannova, 19

MARGITA BECKEROVA, 20

JOZEFA Kronovicova, 23

MARGITA FRIEDOVA, 17

ALZBETA Speiserova, 22

RUZENA Landauova, 24

JOLANA BERGEROVA, 31

JOSEFINA FRIEDOVA, 20

FRANTISKA Straussova, 21

RUZENA Lebovicova, 20

JOLANA BERKOVICOVA, 17

MARGITA FUCHSOVA, 34

HELENA Szabova, 20

REGINA Lebovicova, 20

SERENA BLEICHOVA, 20

KORNELIA GELBOVA, 24

ALZBETA Szekelyova, 23

HELENA Lebovičová, 23

HERMINA GELBOVA, 21

RUZENA Boruchovicova, 19

ETELA Teifesova, 19

RUZENA Leichtmannova, 24

ETELA GELBOVA, 23

HELENA CITRONOVA, 21

MATILDA Teixlerova, 36

BLANKE Lindenbaumova, 30

OLGA GLUCKOVA, 18

ALICE CITRONOVA, 17

ANNA Teixlerova, 38

IRENA Lowyova, 31

RUZENA GROSSOVA, 26

PRISKA Deutschova, 24

PEPI Teslerova, 23

HELENA Majerovicova, 34

ADELA GROSSOVA, 19

HELENA Deutschova, 22

ANNA Teslerova, 27

FRANTISKA Mehrova, 20

Ruzena (Rozalia) Tesslervova, 21

RUZENA GRUNBERGEROVA, 25

REZI Donenfeldova, 42

EDITA Moskovicova, 19

SERENA Grunfeldova, 33

ETELA Drangerova, 21

RUZENA Treitelova, 20

ANNA Moskovicova, 18

DINA Donenfeldova, 21

FRIDA GUTTEROVA, 23

LENKA Treitelova, 18

MARGITA Mozesova, 22

HENIA (HENNA) Ehrenbergova, 17

AURELIA Vinklerova, 22

ANNA GUTTEROVA, 29

Gizela (Gizella) Neumannova, 40

ANNA Ehrenbergova, 20

SERENA Weidmannova, 23

SARA Guttmannova, 25

KLARA Rosenbergova, 24

ADELA Ehrlichova, 24

FRANTISKA Weinbergerova, 24

EDITA Guttmannova, 17

JOHANNA Rosenfeldova, 28

EDITA Eichlerova, 20

ADELA Weissova , 17

RUZENA HABEROVA, 19

SERENA ROTHOVA, 20

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

REGINA Wilkova, 22

REGINA HANSOVA, 22

RUZENA ROTHOVA, 22

EDITA Engelmannova, 24

JETTY Winklerova, 21

MAGDA HANSOVA, 18

ETELA Rubinova, 27

SERENA Feinova, 20

ETELA Zeigerova, 43

LENKA Heitlingerova, 35

RELLA Salzmannova, 17

SERENA FINDLINGOVA, 20

ANNA Herskovicova, 18

GIZELA Zieglerova, 21

Magda was in Block 25 - the Block of Death - in Birkenau in December 1942 with Edith Friedmanova's sister, Leah. Magda died of Typhus on the same day as Leah. They did not know each other.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

These photographs were taken by SS photographer, XX, and according to Linda Reich # were posed. The photos were delivered to the Red Cross as "proof" that prisoners in Auschwitz were being not malnourished, maltreated or being exterminated. In fact, just a few meters away Hungarian Jews were being exterminated in the gas chambers.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Kanada, Spring 1944

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This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith 70th Anniversary

"Edith and Heather were in Slovakia and Auschwitz at the same time in 2012, but they didn't know each other yet. It was only then that Heather realized there were any other survivors still alive, and that was the germ of the idea for the book and documentary.

Edith on 70th Anniversary - Auschwitz, 2012

  • Edith arrived in Auschwitz on March 26, 1942 with her sister, friends and classmates.
  • Edith's father asked the gentile man who had been given Mr. Friedman's business (Aryanization Laws) to Auschwitz with the necessary paperwork to release and rescue the girls.
  • See Full Story in the book, 999.

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

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This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Bertha obtained her high school diploma following liberation. She eventually married and had one son.

"Née" Citronova, Ruzinka was also known as Roza before immigrating to Israel. After the war, she remarried and was known as Shoshana Orenstein.

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Magda

Magda is pictured below as a teenager, around 15 years of age, pre-war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Anna Semmerova was never deportated, she went into hiding and eventually joined the Jewish partisans in the mountains. After the war she emmigrated to Canada.

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Friedman Children

Outside the family home in Humenne, the Friedman children (L to R) Herman, Edith, Hilda, Ruthi, Lea and Ishtak (the youngest).A Edith's father had an exception that protected the rest of the children from deportation. In 1944, the Slovak government stopped honoring exceptions and the family fled to the center of Slovakia for the mountains and forest, where they hid until the war ended. Circa 1936

Friedman Children

Outside the family home in Humenne, the Friedman children (L to R) Herman, Edith, Hilda, Ruthi, Lea and Ishtak (the youngest).A Edith's father had an exception that protected the rest of the children from deportation. In 1944, the Slovak government stopped honoring exceptions and the family fled to the center of Slovakia for the mountains and forest, where they hid until the war ended. Circa 1936

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

After she immigrated to Israel Helena married and became known as Tsiporah Tehori.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Carbon Copy of Transport List

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Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Zlata lived in Berlin after the war. She died in 1975 from cancer.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Block 25

Bertha and Peshy were put in Block 25, known as the orthodox block. After the war ended, Bertha posed in many photos for the British soldiers to demonstrate the living conditions.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Cousins

First cousins and best friends.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Edith 70th Anniversary

"Edith and Heather were in Slovakia and Auschwitz at the same time in 2012, but they didn't know each other yet. It was only then that Heather realized there were any other survivors still alive, and that was the germ of the idea for the book and documentary.

Edith on 70th Anniversary - Auschwitz, 2012

  • Edith arrived in Auschwitz on March 26, 1942 with her sister, friends and classmates.
  • Edith's father asked the gentile man who had been given Mr. Friedman's business (Aryanization Laws) to Auschwitz with the necessary paperwork to release and rescue the girls.
  • See Full Story in the book, 999.

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Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Local Original Deportation List

Local authorities had lists of Jewish girls' names who were of the correct age for work. Addresses of their family's homes were listed along with their birthdates. You can see Edit and Lea Friedmannova #15 and #16 on this list. The check mark means they showed up at the school, where they were examinded and then taken to the train station. Edith tells about this experience in the book, 999, pages 50-55, by Macadam, Heather Dune.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

"None of the boys survived... And there were no teachers left after the war." Judy Schatner, 2023

Boys

Teacher's daughter (Far L) and Aviva (3rd of L-Center, w/curls) were both gassed in Auschwitz.

Aviva-Center

Judy Schatner was in kindergarten with Aviva and may be the only adult outside of family, who remembers her childhood friend.

Judy - Center

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Zlata Kaufmann, Myra Kornhauser, (far L) at Peri Kaufman Friedman's wedding to . Others unidentifeid.

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Malcov Class of 1929. Zlata and her sister Peri 8 and 6 years old.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

"Née" Citronova, Ruzinka was also known as Roza before immigrating to Israel. After the war, she remarried and was known as Shoshana Orenstein.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Magda was in Block 25 - the Block of Death - in Birkenau in December 1942 with Edith Friedmanova's sister, Leah. Magda died of Typhus on the same day as Leah. They did not know each other.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

The Kaufman Sisters

Peri is far lower right, above her is cousin Myra Kornhauser # and center is Zlata. The rest of the wedding party are unidentified.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Magda's family

Magda was hiding when the Hlinka guard began beating her father, "where is your daughter?" She came out to save him and was deported. The story of how her father tried to rescue her by chasing the train was detailed by her best friend's brother, Giora Amir.

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

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Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

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Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Zlata lived in Berlin after the war. She died in 1975 from cancer.

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Magda's family

Magda was hiding when the Hlinka guard began beating her father, "where is your daughter?" She came out to save him and was deported. The story of how her father tried to rescue her by chasing the train was detailed by her best friend's brother, Giora Amir.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

Local Original Deportation List

Local authorities had lists of Jewish girls' names who were of the correct age for work. Addresses of their family's homes were listed along with their birthdates. You can see Edit and Lea Friedmannova #15 and #16 on this list. The check mark means they showed up at the school, where they were examinded and then taken to the train station. Edith tells about this experience in the book, 999, pages 50-55, by Macadam, Heather Dune.

Magda

Magda is pictured below as a teenager, around 15 years of age, pre-war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Block 25

Bertha and Peshy were put in Block 25, known as the orthodox block. After the war ended, Bertha posed in many photos for the British soldiers to demonstrate the living conditions.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a posed photo taken soon after liberation of Bergen Belsen April 1945. Bertha is in the center, facing the camera. She was used in two other photos, all posed. Please note: This photo was incorrectly captioned in the press and subsequently in archives as identifying prisioners "sick with typhus." Bertha was not ill. In fact, despite being just 18 years old, she helped save the lives of girls who were ill with typhus.

Magda's Classmates

Magda is pictured seated on the right side of the photo. Klara Lustbader, pictured here on the far left, was also on the first train.

"Née" Citronova, Ruzinka was also known as Roza before immigrating to Israel. After the war, she remarried and was known as Shoshana Orenstein.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Magda was in Block 25 - the Block of Death - in Birkenau in December 1942 with Edith Friedmanova's sister, Leah. Magda died of Typhus on the same day as Leah. They did not know each other.

Magda

Magda is pictured below as a teenager, around 15 years of age, pre-war.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Magda's Classmates

Magda is pictured seated on the right side of the photo. Klara Lustbader, pictured here on the far left, was also on the first train.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

"Née" Citronova, Ruzinka was also known as Roza before immigrating to Israel. After the war, she remarried and was known as Shoshana Orenstein.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Magda

Magda is pictured below as a teenager, around 15 years of age, pre-war.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Magda's family

Magda was hiding when the Hlinka guard began beating her father, "where is your daughter?" She came out to save him and was deported. The story of how her father tried to rescue her by chasing the train was detailed by her best friend's brother, Giora Amir.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edita (aka: Edith) was the only Jewish girl in her class to survive deportation to Auschwitz. There were 7 Jewish girls in her class and in this photo. All were on the first transport except for Anna Semmerlova and XXX.

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Biographer's note

"I met Edith in 2018, when I was traveling with 2G and 3G children of survivors through Slovakia, Poland and Auschwitz. Our first interview encapsulated Edith's story, but for the next three years we would work together unearthing more stories and making connections between girls in the camps that had never been made. Edith's memory was excellent and she had a rare ability of being able to analyze her experience; she didn't live inside the trauma, as some did. By the time I met Edith she was 92 years old. Heather Dune Macadam, 2025

Euro Restaurant, Toronto, 2018 (L to R) Eva Langer, Naomi Grosman, Edith, Martin Guttman, Heather D,, Rosette Rutland.

Euro Restaurant, Toronto

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

XXX was never deported. She was able to escape to Palestine, XX CHECK WITH GEORGE. She became a well-respected Israeli painter.

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz, including her best friend, Peshy Steiner

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Magda's family

Magda was hiding when the Hlinka guard began beating her father, "where is your daughter?" She came out to save him and was deported. The story of how her father tried to rescue her by chasing the train was detailed by her best friend's brother, Giora Amir.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Magda's Classmates

Magda is pictured seated on the right side of the photo. Klara Lustbader, pictured here on the far left, was also on the first train.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Magda

Magda is pictured below as a teenager, around 15 years of age, pre-war.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Magda was in Block 25 - the Block of Death - in Birkenau in December 1942 with Edith Friedmanova's sister, Leah. Magda died of Typhus on the same day as Leah. They did not know each other.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

Berkowitz Matzo making

Pre-war making Matzo for Passover in the traditional way, c1940. Only two people in the photo below survived the Holocaust. Bertha's surviving sister, Fany, and their brother Emil, are not in this photo. Everyone else was murdered in Auschwitz, including her best friend, Peshy Steiner

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Malcov Class of 1929. Zlata and her sister Peri 8 and 6 years old.

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Edith had one son, George, and several miscarriages

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

Biographer's note

"I met Edith in 2018, when I was traveling with 2G and 3G children of survivors through Slovakia, Poland and Auschwitz. Our first interview encapsulated Edith's story, but for the next three years we would work together unearthing more stories and making connections between girls in the camps that had never been made. Edith's memory was excellent and she had a rare ability of being able to analyze her experience; she didn't live inside the trauma, as some did. By the time I met Edith she was 92 years old. Heather Dune Macadam, 2025

Euro Restaurant, Toronto, 2018 (L to R) Eva Langer, Naomi Grosman, Edith, Martin Guttman, Heather D,, Rosette Rutland.

Euro Restaurant, Toronto

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

Magda was in Block 25 - the Block of Death - in Birkenau in December 1942 with Edith Friedmanova's sister, Leah. Magda died of Typhus on the same day as Leah. They did not know each other.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war.

Magda's Classmates

Magda is pictured seated on the right side of the photo. Klara Lustbader, pictured here on the far left, was also on the first train.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

Bertha obtained her high school diploma following liberation. She eventually married and had one son.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith's family

Edith, pictured top-left, with the Friedmanovas after the war

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

School Photo, Presov

Klary Lustbader #XX (2nd L, standing) Magda Amster is sitting (R) other girls are still unidentified. Circa 1938.

The Kaufman Sisters

Peri is far lower right, above her is cousin Myra Kornhauser # and center is Zlata. The rest of the wedding party are unidentified.

Bone Tuberculosis

Despite surviving three years in Auschwitz, the bone tuberculosis that Edith contracted in the camps, returned with a vengence after she and Ladislav were married. She was pregnant at the time and had to have a "medical interuption" or an abortion, to save her life. Then she was sent to Switzerland where she was nursed for two years. She did finally recover and was able to have a child, but her knee was fused and she was never able to bend it again. She used a cane to walk. At the age of 92, she was still taking a bus to the grocery store.

  • 1943, After Lea died, Edith became very ill. Her lager sister, Elsa Rosenthal took her to Dr. Manci Swalbova.
  • Dr. Schwalbova saved Edith's life by hiding her from selections and Dr. Mengele.
  • Edith was able to survive the death march with the help of her friend Irena Fein.

Bone Tuberculosis

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Magda's family

Magda was hiding when the Hlinka guard began beating her father, "where is your daughter?" She came out to save him and was deported. The story of how her father tried to rescue her by chasing the train was detailed by her best friend's brother, Giora Amir.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Wedding Photo

Edith married author and future Academy Award Winner, Ladislav Grosman, in 19XX.

Ladislav_Grosman

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

70th Anniversary

Edith met many Slovak and Israeli dignataries over the years, but the recreaetion of the transport from Poprad to Auscwhitz in 2012 with Prime Minister, Iveta Radičová, was perhaps the most momentous occasion. In 2018, a plaque was placed on the former barracks, now a school, where the girls were held before they were deported. After that ceremony, Edith met with the President of Slovakia, Robert Fico. Events honoring the first transport began in early 2000 thanks to Dr. Pavol Mestan, director of Bratislava Museum of Jewish History

70th Anniversary Memorial 2018

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

Lea and Edith

Edith was 17 years old when she and her older sister, Lea, signed up for government work service with 101 other girls from their hometown. Deported to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport on 25 March 1942. Leah took care of Edith when she fell ill with Typhus and kept her working, so she was not selected to die in the gas. Then Lea fell ill. Her Typhus was worse than Edith's and she was taken to Block 25 - the Block of Death. On the 5 December, Shabbat Chanukah, 10,000 girls were selected to die and gassed. Lea was among them.

Block 25 - The Block of Death, Birkenau

After the war

Edith (in center of the picture below) recovering from tuberculosis in Switzerland after liberation

Sisters and Cousin: Peri, Myra, Peri's fiance, and Zlata

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

This is a photocopy of the original Slovak list from Poprad, typed on March 25, 1942. Shoah Names Database, Yad Vashem, Israel

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.

Magda's Classmates

Magda is pictured seated on the right side of the photo. Klara Lustbader, pictured here on the far left, was also on the first train.

Edith and Ladislav had one son, George, a jazz musician who wrote "Edith's Lament" in honor of his mother. Their granddaughters, Naomi and Hannah, are Icelandic and Canadian citizens.Edith's has four great grandchildren.

EDITH GRADUATES

Edith graduates college with a degree in Biology and goes on to become a researcher. She goes on to live in Haifa, Prague, and Toronto.