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Ruth Brösslerová (* 1927  †︎ 2017)

• born in a German speaking assimilated family in Deštnice near Žatec

• in 1938 she and her parents escaped inland to Řevničov

• in 1942–1944 living in the Terezín ghetto

• two weeks in Auschwitz

• transported to Metzdorf on the German side of the Giant Mountains to work in a textile factory

• living in Žatec after the war

• in 1948-1949 emigration to Israel

• regularly visiting the Czech Republic in the 1990s, lives in Tel Aviv

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