Helga Weiss by ISABELLA DIZON

Background

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Helga Weiss was 12 years old and born November 10, 1929 in Prague, Czechia. Helgas as well was not rich or wealthy growing up but her parents made sure they were full of love.

What she had done to survive the holocaust

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Helga Weiss in 1994 she had decided to lie about her age and tell one of the men workers, Josef Mengele she was older and that she was able to work. With this she was sent to forced labor brackets and not the gas chambers.

How her life ended up

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Helga was able to live up to 94 and made painting to represent how her life was.

This document shows quotes and some about her life.

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Helgas diary

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Helga and her family

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Afterlife

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After the holocaust Helga began to start painting and what she would paint was what she remembered and saw during the holocaust.

This video is her talking and explaining most

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Helga with her mother

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Helga first hadn't came up with this idea and it was her mother who had. Her mother was also there to help convince the officers that she was her oldest daughter and it had helped.

Helgas personal life afterwards

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Helga had ended up having two children and three grandchildren. And still happens to live in the same apartment where she was born.

Her father

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Her fathers name was Otto Weiss and he was very educated and loved. He was also a bank clerk. He had as well been through the first war when he was eight teen and had been badly wounded in his right arm.

Her mother

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Helga's mothers name was Irena ,born Fuchsová. She was trained to be a dressmaker so which she stayed home and ran the household.

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