Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places

Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places Life under Hungarian occupation, including antisemitism and anti-Jewish policies; German Army occupation of Oradea Mare, 1944; Oradea Ghetto life for six weeks, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life including separation from her family; transfer to Oberhohenelbe deportation camp in Czechoslovakia, 1944; camp life including labor in a "Lorenz" factory producing cars for the Germans; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Hospitalization in the hospital due to typhus disease; illegally crosses the border to Frankfurt; move to Pocking DP camp, 1946; move to Paris with help from an American cousin; marriage to her cousin from the United States, 1948; emigration to New York, 1948; life after the war.