Evelina Merová (Part 1): Jewish Girl Who Survived Mengele’s Selection at Auschwitz

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Oct 15, 2026 · 13m

Evelina Merová was a Czech Jewish girl whose childhood in Prague was destroyed by Nazi persecution before she was deported first to Theresienstadt and later to Auschwitz.

Born Evelina Landová on Christmas Day 1930, she grew up in a loving and comfortable home surrounded by family, school, and friends. But after Nazi Germany occupied the Czech lands in March 1939, the Landas were gradually stripped of their rights, property, and freedom.

Their business was seized, bank accounts were frozen, and the family was forced from their apartment. Evelina watched as anti-Jewish regulations increasingly…