1939 Invasion of the German army

She and her brother became outcasts at school

Father lost ownership of his business

1942 Deportation of the family to Theresienstadt

1943 Family was loaded onto a cattle car to Auschwitz

She was removed at the last minute

Spent the next years in forced labor

She contracted typhoid and was left in an isolation area to die

1945 Liberation of the camp, but Lisl was so sick that she did not experience it consciously

Only survivor of the entire family

Return to Prague to prepare to immigrate to the U.S.

Lest We Forget Chicago 07-16-2018