Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Anna Greenberger - August 24, 1982

An interview with Anna Greenberger, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Kay Roth. Anna Greenberger was born in Koromla, Czechoslovakia in 1924, and moved to Sobrance, Czechoslovakia soon after. During the Hungarian occupation, her father was taken to a labor camp in Russia and her fiancé was forced to serve in the Hungarian Army. After the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, Anna, her mother and her four sisters were forced into the Uzhgorod ghetto. Two months later they were transferred to Auschwitz where they stayed until August. Then Anna and her family were transferred to Lübberstedt, a forced labor camp, where they manufactured ammunition. After liberation by the British while on a death march, Anna spent time in a typhoid hospital in Neustadt before returning to Sobrance with her family. In Sobrance she was reunited with her fiancé, married him and started a family before moving to Israel. From Israel, her family moved to Rome and to Paraguay before settling in the United States in 1955.

1. Introduction
2. Family
3. Germans Invade Sobrance
4. Hiding From Germans
5. Pretending to be Gentile
6. Avoiding Affections of German Officer
7. Life Under German Occupation
8. Fiancé in the Army
9. Moving to Uzhgorod Ghetto
10. Cleaning Police Station in the Ghetto
11. Transport to Auschwitz
12. Getting Separated from Family
13. Talking to Dr. Mengele
14. Hygiene in Auschwitz
15. Getting Settled into Barracks
16. Appell
17. Getting Chosen to Work
18. Leaving Auschwitz
19. Arrival at Lübberstedt
20. Life in Forced Labor Camp
21. Food in Camp
22. Stealing in Camp
23. Evacuating Camp
24. Transport out of Lübberstedt
25. SS Leave Prisoners
26. Trying to Survive without SS Guards
27. Life After Liberation
28. Having Typhoid
29. Staying in a Typhoid Hospital
30. Staying in a Typhoid Hospital 2
31. Escaping from the Typhoid Hospital
32. Starting to Travel Back Home
33. Hearing News of Fiancé
34. Coming Home
35. Getting Married
36. Starting New Life in Sobrance
37. Husband Volunteers for the Haganah
38. Life in Israel
39. Leaving Israel
40. Life in Rome
41. Buying Passports to South America
42. Arriving in Argentina
43. Moving to Paraguay
44. Finding Work in Paraguay
45. Life in Paraguay
46. Working in Paraguay
47. Working for Ex-Nazis
48. Planning to Move to the United States
49. Getting Permission to Leave Paraguay
50. Witnessing an Accident
51. Standing Up to an Ex-Nazi
52. Arriving in the United States
53. Fate of Sisters
54. Health After Camp
55. Being Teased by SS Guards
56. Contempt for Germans
57. Conclusion