Evelina Merová (Part 2): Jewish Girl Who Survived Auschwitz and Mengele’s Selection

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Oct 17, 2026 · 16m

Evelina Merová, born Evelina Landová in Prague, survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Josef Mengele’s selection, forced labour, and the loss of almost her entire family during the Holocaust.

Only twelve years old when she was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1942, Evelina spent eighteen months there before being transported with her parents to Auschwitz-Birkenau in December 1943. Instead of being immediately murdered, the family was imprisoned in the so-called Theresienstadt family camp, a special section of Birkenau.

Life there was defined by hunger, disease, overcrowding…