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Charlotte Firestone - March 11, 1982

Charlotte Firestone, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, relates her experiences in Czechoslovakia and Poland before, during and after the war. Prior to the birth of her son in August 1942, her husband was taken to the Soviet Union where he was imprisoned and remained throughout the war. Mrs. Firestone and her son moved in with her parents. After the German occupation of Munkacs in 1944, they were rounded up and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother and son were gassed upon arrival. After a short time in Birkenau, Mrs. Firestone and her sister were sent to Stutthof, another concentration camp in Poland, then they were relocated to Praust, a sub-camp. While in Stutthof, Mrs. Firestone was made a Stubälteste and in that capacity, served as a senior inmate in charge of the barrack. After spending six months in Praust, the sisters were evacuated. While on the march west, they managed to escape, evading capture by posing as Hungarian nurses. Later she was reunited with her husband and emigrated to the United States in 1955

Introduction Pre-War Family Life Religious Life The Munkacser Rebbe Everyday Life and Culture Politics Hungarian Annexation Hungarian Rule Outbreak of War Arrival of Germans Round-Ups Hungarian Leaders

Deportation Transport to Auschwitz-Birkenau Arrival at Birkenau Birkenau Soup Death of Family Members Transport to Stutthof Stutthof Conditions in Stutthof Stubälteste Praust Labor in Praust

Punishments Sexual Abuse Leaving Praust Treatment by Wehrmacht Escape Denmark Prague Reunited with Husband Having Children Paris America