Livia Bitton-Jackson
{ELLI'S FAMILY TIMELINE DURING THE HOLOCAUST}
1938
Sept.-Hungarian troops occupy Šamorin, Czechoslovakia, Elli’s hometown, which was renamed Somoja.
Nov.-Elli’s family business is closed by Hungarian authorities.
1943
Oct-May 1944- Elli’s father is arrested & subjected to interrogation.
1944
Mar. 19-Germans take over Budapest where Elli’s brother goes to school. He returns to Somorja but is sent back to Budapest by his parents because they do not believe his story.
Mar. 21-Elli’s parents find Bubi’s story true. Elli's father goes to Budapest to bring Bubi home, but before he reaches Budapest, Bubi returns. He barely escaped deportation.
Mar. 25-Elli’s school is closed.
Mar. 27-All Jews of Somorja are ordered to hand over all valuables to the Hungarian authorities.
Apr. 18-Elli and all the Jews in Somorja are deported to the Nagymagyar ghetto.
May 14-Elli's father is taken to a Hungarian Forced Labor Camp.
May 21-Nagymagyar is liquidated, and Elli's family is forced into the Dunaszerdahely Ghetto.
May 27-The Dunaszerdahely Ghetto is liquidated. Elli, her mother, brother, and aunt are taken to Auschwitz.
May 31-Elli and her mother are separated from Bubi and Elli's aunt.
June 10-Elli and her mother are transported to Camp Plaszow.
Aug. 5-Plaszow is evacuated, and Elli and her mother are sent back to Auschwitz.
Aug. 8-30-Elli receives her tattoo number upon arrival. Shortly after, Elli's mother is placed in the infirmary at Auschwitz, but Elli smuggles her mother out before selection.
Sept. 1-At selection, Elli's mother passes, but Elli does not. Elli escapes the gas chambers, and her and her mother are transported to Augsburg.
1945
Apr. 3-4-Elli and her mother are sent to Müldorf and then to transferred to Waldlager. At Waldlager, they are miraculously reunited with Bubi.
Apr. 24-27-Elli, Bubi, and their mother are transported by train out of Waldlager as it is evacuated.
Apr. 28- The U.S. Air Force attacks the train of prisoners.
Apr. 30-Elli, her mother, and brother, are liberated by the U.S. Army in Seeshupt Bavaria by the U.S. Army.