Adéle Schreiber

Born on August 20, 1922 in Satu Mare, Transylvania (today Romania). Died April 7, 2021.

We had a normal life until 1944 when we were deported to Auschwitz where I stayed a short while. Me and my friend Kati were chosen, together with 300 girls, to work in a light-bulbs factory. Towards the end of the war there was no work at the factory and we were deported to Bergen-Belsen. The British army liberated us after a few days. Kati and I came to Sweden with the White Buses. After the first period in a quarantine, I became a maid and later I began to work in a bookstore. I have worked as high school teacher, studied art history and have written books about art history and Hindu religion. I have travelled to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Kati moved to Vienna after finding out that some of her relatives survived and live there. None of my relatives survived except for one cousin.  

A man once asked me how one could combine being a good Jew and a good Swede. My answer was that all he needed to do was to follow the 10 command­ments.