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I was living in the town of Sighet when the germans entered and said we were to be rounded up into ghettos. I thought my life was limited at this time but then they told us that we were to pack up only essential stuff and get on trains to Auschwitz concentration camps. We were allowed to keep very limited stuff and all of our valuables including money was taken from us. This was the start of a long journey.

At Auschwitz we were to be seperated women to the right men to the left. This was the last time I saw my mother and sister. Me and my father were then sent into the death camp Auschwitz. This is a horrible place where people everyday are sent to the crematory to be burned to death. We were asked our age which to survive you must be 18-40 years old. I lied I was 18 and my dad said he was 40.

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This was funny to me so I laughed. This gave me away and he punished me horribly. He took me out in front of everyone and but me on a box. Then he lashed me 25 times for the crime of leaving my job site.

We were forced to walk all the way to camp Gleiwitz from Buna. On this march we took no breaks and had no food or water. The Nazis were in a hurry because the Allies were closing in so we had to keep a fast passe. If we fell behind we would be killed. Because we had no food or water, snow was our everyday breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After a few days of this when we finally reached Gleiwitz my feet were frozen and me and my dad were barely alive.

We were sent on a train ride to camp Buchenwald. My father was basically dead by this time. When we got there my father was so sick he couldn’t take care of himself. He never got out of bed and I had to force him to eat. He kept getting sicker and sicker and eventually was taken to the crematory. I had nothing left to live for, but then the allies came and freed us from the Nazis

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