25 September 1926 | Polish Jewish woman, Regina Rivka Minc, was born in Łódź. During the war, she was placed in the ghetto until her deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944. Upon arrival, when Dr. Josef Mengele was searching for twins, Regina grabbed her cousin’s hand and declared that they were twins. They were registered in the camp.
When the camp was evacuated in mid-January 1945, Regina was forced to walk on the Death March. She reached Ravensbrück where she was liberated. Her cousin perished at Auschwitz.
In one of the DP camps, Regina met her future husband Abram Wertzhaizer-Vered. They married in Germany and in September 1948 in Kassel Regina gave birth to her son Arie. In March 1949 she, her husband, and the baby immigrated to Israel from Bari Italy. Regina gave birth to her daughter Hedva in 1953.
Regina Minc Vered passed away in Israel in February 1991.
ALT Vintage black and white portrait of a young woman with an intricately styled braid and a solemn expression, wearing a dark sweater.
ALT Vintage black and white photo of a couple smiling at the camera, a woman wearing a polka dot dress and pearl necklace, and a man in a bright shirt.