Irene Weiss

Jewish Survivor

Irene recounts her experience of being liberated by the British Army from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in April 1945. She describes that by the time of her liberation she was too sick and too desensitized by her experiences to feel any emotions even though she realized the war was over.

Gender: Female
DOB: August 2, 1919
City of Birth: Halmeu (Romania)
Country of Birth: Romania
Ghettos: Satu Mare (Romania : Ghetto)
Went into hiding: No
Other experiences: N/A

 

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