As long as I live and breathe – The story of Sara Leicht-Weinstein
Sara (Lili) Leicht was born in 1929 in Oradea, northwest Romania, and lived in nearby Tileagd with her father Ignace (Yom-Tov) and mother Ferenzi Hermina. His father – a professor of religion, scholar and merchant – had six children from his previous wife, who died prematurely. One of his children, Adolf (Erped), fought in the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War. His mother, Hermina, worked raising ducks and geese and sold their products – liver and meat – to the wealthier Jews of Oradea, who observed strict dietary laws ("Glatt Kosher/"). Sara attended a general public school and studied religious studies three times a week with the village rabbi.
In April 1944, a few weeks after the German occupation, Sara's family was deported to the Oradea ghetto and from there to Auschwitz. In May 1944, upon arrival at the camp, Sara was separated from her family, who were sent to be murdered. After being saved from the gas chambers, she was sent to Fallersleben, where she worked in a weapons factory. With the advance of the Red Army, Sara was transferred to a labor camp in the town of Salzwedel, where she was liberated by the American army. Sara returned to Tileagd and, in May 1946, immigrated to pre-state Israel aboard the illegal immigrant ship /"Max Nordau/". With the outbreak of Israel's War of Independence, Sara joined the "Palmach" unit of the then underground army, fighting with the 6th Battalion of the Harel Brigade in Jerusalem. In May 1949, she married Alexander Leicht and the couple had two children. Sara studied at the WIZO School of Nursing and worked as a certified nurse in the pediatric surgery department and maternity ward of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
In April 1944, a few weeks after the German occupation, Sara's family was deported to the Oradea ghetto and from there to Auschwitz. In May 1944, upon arrival at the camp, Sara was separated from her family, who were sent to be murdered. After being saved from the gas chambers, she was sent to Fallersleben, where she worked in a weapons factory. With the advance of the Red Army, Sara was transferred to a labor camp in the town of Salzwedel, where she was liberated by the American army. Sara returned to Tileagd and, in May 1946, immigrated to pre-state Israel aboard the illegal immigrant ship /"Max Nordau/". With the outbreak of Israel's War of Independence, Sara joined the "Palmach" unit of the then underground army, fighting with the 6th Battalion of the Harel Brigade in Jerusalem. In May 1949, she married Alexander Leicht and the couple had two children. Sara studied at the WIZO School of Nursing and worked as a certified nurse in the pediatric surgery department and maternity ward of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Length of film: 27 minutes
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