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Magda Hellinger [part 1]: The Auschwitz Prisoner Who Saved Lives Through Compassion
Magda Hellinger was one of the longest-surviving Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz, where she risked her own life to help others through compassion and courage. Born in 1916 in Michalovce, Slovakia, Magda was a Jewish kindergarten teacher and youth leader when the Holocaust changed her life forever during the Second World War. In 1942, despite having protective papers, she was deported to Auschwitz by the Slovak Hlinka Guard—betrayed by a local Nazi collaborator. She was just 25 when she arrived in the notorious death camp, as part of the first official transport of Jewish women.
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