Eva Gersch

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Eva Gersch
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About Eva

• Eva was born in 1936 at Deva in Romania. She
  lived with her mother called Elisabeth and her
  father called Rudolph and her sister called
  Judith. She died in June 1944 at the Auschwitz
  camp. She was only 8 years old.

Evas mother
Eva when she was younger
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During the holocaust

• When the war broke out Eva and her parents
  moved to Reghin in Romania. They were then
  transported by cattle truck to the Auschwitz
  camp. She died here a few days later. However,
  there is no proof of how she died.

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Evas family

• Evas family were also Jewish.
• They all got transported to the Auschwitz camp in
  June 1944.
• In the same month that they were transported to
  the Auschwitz camp, where her and her family were
  put in gas chambers.

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This is Evas page of testimony.
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A map showing the journey they took
This arrow shows where Eva and her family moved
to during the holocaust.
This arrow shows where Elisabeth and Rudolph
moved to before they had Eva.
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Elisabeth Gersch (Evas Mother)

• Elisabeth Grunfeld was born in 1914 in Mures,
  Transylvania.
• She married Rudolph Gersch and became a
  housewife.
• They moved to Deva and had a child named Eva.
• She died at the age of 40 in the Auschwitz camp.

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Rudolph Gersch (Evas Father)

• Rudolph was also known as Raful.
• He was born in Filea in Romania.
• He married Elisabeth and had a child in Deva.
• He died in the Auschwitz camp at the age of 55
  with his family.

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Judith Gersch (Evas older sister)

• Like Eva, Judith was born in Deva in 1932.
• When the holocaust broke out, she moved with the
  rest of her family to Reghin.
• She also died at the Auschwitz camp in June 1944
  when she was 12.

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Judiths page of testimony
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Sarlota Gersch (Evas Aunt)

• Sarlota was born in Tarnaveni in Romania in 1897.
  
• She moved to Reghin with Eva the rest of her
  family.
• They then all got transported to the Auschwitz
  camp where they were gassed.
• Sarlota was 47 years old.

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The family tree
Mozes Gersch
Sarlota Gersch
Elisabeth Gersch
Rudolph Gersch
Eva Gersch
Judith Gersch
Note I think there is more Gerschs that died in
the holocaust. However, it is impossible to see
the relation to Eva through the information I can
find.
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Where was the information found?

• www.yadvashem.org
• This website has people email in pictures and
  information about people that they know that died
  in the holocaust. It then allows people to
  research individual people and find out more
  about them.
• I used the following website to find out about
  Eva Gersch and trace back her family.
• Adela Gersch was the person that emailed in all
  the information about the Gerschs. She was Evas
  cousin and a survivor of the holocaust.

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The Auschwitz camp where Eva and her family were
sent
Some people at the Auschwitz camp. They are shown
in there bed. This is a usual situations where
there are more than 3 people in one bed.
This is a section of the Auschwitz camp.
The Auschwitz camp was where most Jews were sent
because it was the largest camp. The Auschwitz
camp was where Eva and her family were gassed,
however, not everyone was killed there because it
was not just a death camp. On the next few slides
are some pictures of the camp.
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The Auschwitz camp