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She recalls a large, extended family; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; her brother moving to Budapest; her father's exemption from a slave labor battalion due to a World War I injury; German invasion in March 1944; forced relocation to a brick factory; deportation with her parents and sisters to Auschwitz; separation from her parents and younger sister (they were gassed); beatings, a \"terrible smell,\" and an orchestra; her sister's hospitalization; a doctor saving her life; separation from her sister when she was transferred to Stutthof; farm work in Beuthen; assisting a friend who was too weak to work; a beating which resulted in permanent scars and pain; transfer to Gronau; a child's birth (it was thrown on a pile of corpses); a death march in January 1945; escaping with a friend; a Polish woman sheltering them; a neighbor turning them in; the German officer releasing them; joining a group of Ukrainian forced laborers; escaping; hiding in sewers; traveling to the Soviet lines; briefly staying in Kraków; traveling to Košice; reunion with her brother and sister; emigration to Palestine, and then to the United States in 1958. Ms. B. notes seldom sharing her story, even with her children. (Abstract)","This testimony is open with permission. (Conditions Governing Access)","Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive. (Conditions Governing Use)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["1988-10-18 (creation)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Kean College Oral Testimonies Project (Producer)","B., Helena, 1925- (Interviewee)","B, Helena (1852) (Interviewee)","Weinstein, Bernard, 1937- (Interviewer)","Shaffer-Koros, Carole M. 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