Leitner, Isabella

On March 19, 1944, with WOrld War II raging through-out Eurpoe, the Nazi took over- and everything changed for Isabella Leitner, her family, and all the Jews of Hungary.

In one of the most soul-stirring and inspiring memoirs of the Holocaust ever written, Isabella (Katz) Leitner describes the deportation of her family to Auschwitz and their year-long imprisonment in one of the death camps in Nazi Germany. Isabella's youngest sister and mother are sent to their deaths upon arrival. For the remaining members of the Katz family, each day becomes a desperate endeavor to survive, as the four sisters struggle fiercely to buoy each other's spirits and strength.

Continues her "Fragments of Isabella," from the time of her liberation and escape from the Nazis at Auschwitz.

Isabella Katz recounts her memories of Auschwitz and how she survived.

Isabella Katz recounts her memories of Auschwitz and how she survived.

The author describes her experiences as a survivor of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War II.