ANNA MARIA STEINBACH
‘The girl with the headscarf’ was identified in the early 1990s as Romani girl Anna Maria ‘Settela’ Steinbach. She was murdered in Auschwitz, along with her family.
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For many of the people named in our project we do not have detailed information about their lives. In many cases the Nazis deliberately destroyed records and stripped people of their identity. Read and share these three life stories of individuals we know more about.
‘The girl with the headscarf’ was identified in the early 1990s as Romani girl Anna Maria ‘Settela’ Steinbach. She was murdered in Auschwitz, along with her family.
At age 19, Anna was sterilised because she was disabled. She was later taken to Grafeneck 'Euthanasia Centre', where it is believed she was murdered on the day that she arrived.
Philipp was a German Jewish businessman. In 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt Ghetto. He was later put on the last transport to Auschwitz where he was most likely taken straight to the gas chambers.
For many of the people named in our project we do not have detailed information about their lives. In many cases the Nazis deliberately destroyed records and stripped people of their identity. Read and share these three life stories of individuals we know more about.
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