She survived the camps but died in hospital with a starved body and a bald head∼Fiorella was born on August 13, 1931 in Rome, Italy, to a loving family. She initially was deported from Rome to Auschwitz in October 1943 with her mother, grandparents and siblings. She was the sole survivor of her family when she was evacuated by the Nazis to Bergen Belsen in 1944. She was successfully liberated by the British in April 1945, and a photo of her, taken by the army, was circulated in newspapers. Her father saw the photo and hoped for her survival, but she died in a British hospital in Bergen Belsen on May 31, 1945.
She survived the camps but died in hospital with a starved body and a bald head∼Fiorella was born on August 13, 1931 in Rome, Italy, to a loving family. She initially was deported from Rome to Auschwitz in October 1943 with her mother, grandparents and siblings. She was the sole survivor of her family when she was evacuated by the Nazis to Bergen Belsen in 1944. She was successfully liberated by the British in April 1945, and a photo of her, taken by the army, was circulated in newspapers. Her father saw the photo and hoped for her survival, but she died in a British hospital in Bergen Belsen on May 31, 1945.
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