Hedy will discuss her experiences prior to and during World War II. She will discuss how she and her family were treated before and during the war. She was forced to wear the yellow star identifying her as a Jew and was not allowed to attend school. Prior to being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, her family spent time in the ghetto. Some of the topics covered will also include transport to the camp on a cattle car, forced labor, and her experience at Auschwitz. Hedy and her parents were sent to Auschwitz and she was separated from her parents there. She never saw either of them again. She was 16 at the time. She will mention the “food” they were served, the work she did, and the violence and horrors she saw there before liberation.