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Vera Meisels (* 1936)

I was supposed to end up in Auschwitz, but destiny led me to Theresienstadt

  • born on June 10, 1936

  • she comes from a secularized Jewish family

  • during the warlike Slovak Republic all members of the Meisels family were deprived of their property and civil rights

  • Vera waited to see the end of the war in Theresienstadt concentration camp

  • after the communist coup she immigrated to Israel

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