Beloved Survivors

Hedy Bohm

Hedy was born in 1928, in Oradea, Transylvania and was an only child to Ignacz and Ersebet. She attended an all girls Jewish day school until grade 10. In April of 1944, Hedy and her family were sent to the Oradea ghetto, from there, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a cattle car. Hedy was selected for forced work detail at an ammunition factory and from there was shipped to Fallersleben, Germany in August 1944.

Post war, Hedy returned to Romania and in December 1947 she married her husband Imre Bohm and was smuggled out of the country that same night. She arrived in Toronto in August 1948.

Today, Hedy has two children, Vicky and Ron and two grandchildren.

Nate Leipciger

Nate was born in Chorzow, Poland in 1928. He had one sister, Linka. In September 1939, the German army invaded Poland, Nate’s family was forced to leave their town and move to Sosnowiec, which became a de facto ghetto, until they were transported on a cattle car to Auschwitz. He was seperated from his mother and sister, but his fatehr was able to move Nate into his own line. Nate and his Father survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, Funfteichen, Gross Rosen, Flossenberg, Leonberg, Muhldorf am Inn and Waldlager.

Nate and his father were liberated on May 2, 1945 and immigrated to Canada in 1948. Nate married Bernice and they have 3 daughters, 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.