Felicia Shloss - February 9, 1983
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Felicia Shloss was born in Piotrkow, Poland. Felicia and her family moved to Łódź when she was a teenager. When the war started, she and her family were forced in the ghetto, where her parents and brother eventually died. After the ghetto's liquidation, Felicia and her remaining two siblings were taken to Auschwitz. From there, Felicia and her sister were taken to Bergen-Belsen and then Salzwedel, where they worked in an ammunition factory. After being liberated in Salzwedel, she married and moved to the United States.
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- Introduction
- Life Before the War
- Religion and Anti-Semitism
- Jewish Life Before the War
- Start of the War
- Life in Łódź Under German Occupation
- Moving in to the Ghetto
- Fate of Family
- Life in the Ghetto
- Work in the Ghetto
- Gesperre
- Leaving the Ghetto
- Being Taken to Auschwitz
- Arriving at Auschwitz
- Life at Auschwitz
- Bergen-Belsen
- Salzwedel
- Sister Becomes Ill
- Liberation
- Life After the War
- Moving to the United States
- Conclusion
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