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I was born July 1924, in Velky Sevlus, Czechoslovakia. My father was a dentist, WWI veteran and a prominent member of the community. When the German Army took control of Hungary in 1944, I attempted to rescue my family by going into hiding – but it was too late. They were all transported to Auschwitz, where all but my sister perished. I hid in a basement until captured. I escaped and joined the Zionist underground in Budapest in the guise of an SS officer and distributed schutzpasse to people being shipped to Auschwitz, thereby allowing them to escape. After the war, I fought for Israel’s independence.
Velky Sevlus, Czechoslovakia
Jean Greenstein