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Jun 30, 2026 inhistory

This is a picture of a Slovak Jewish woman named Helena Citrónová who was sent to Auschwitz in 1942. An SS officer named Franz Wunsch became obsessed with her after hearing her sing at his birthday party, a fixation that later helped save both her life and her sister's.

This is a picture of a Slovak Jewish woman named Helena Citrónová who was sent to Auschwitz in 1942. An SS officer named Franz Wunsch became obsessed with her after hearing her sing at his birthday party, a fixation that later helped save both her life and her sister's.

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