In the summer of 1944, twelve-year-old Hannah Bar Yesha was deported together with her extended family from Hungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau. During the selection process, most of her family members were sent to the gas chambers. Hannah was incarcerated in Birkenau as a prisoner, together with her mother and aunts. This touching film depicts Hannah's life story - from her youth in Ungvár to her immigration to Israel. This film is part of the "Witnesses and Education" project, a joint production of the International School for Holocaust Studies and the Multimedia Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In this series, survivors recount their life stores - before, during and after the Holocaust. Each title is filmed on location, where the events originally transpired.
![Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Jews in the ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Theresienstadt%2C Czechoslovakia%2C Jews in the ghetto.jpg?itok=23WlYrC1)
![Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, Jews in the ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Theresienstadt%2C Czechoslovakia%2C Jews in the ghetto.jpg?itok=Y4NlUxTv)
![Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, The Red Army entering the ghetto, May](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Theresienstadt%2C Czechoslovakia%2C The Red Army entering the ghetto%2C May.jpg?itok=HNEDc_Wc)
![Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, The Red Army entering the ghetto, May](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Theresienstadt%2C Czechoslovakia%2C The Red Army entering the ghetto%2C May.jpg?itok=_iJXCMDs)
![Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/jews_hungary5b.jpg?itok=Hf5-VuuW)
![Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/jews_hungary5b.jpg?itok=55vxKEvx)
![Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1586_340.jpg?itok=M7EXzzOL)
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 1586/340
![Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1586_340.jpg?itok=CQjovoyR)
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/4 _0.jpg?itok=dVQwRIm1)
Yad Vashem Photo Archives, ID Number 31588
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/4 _0.jpg?itok=ecEMaaHi)
![Jews standing in line to receive Swiss letters of protection. The "Glass House", 29 Vadász Street, Budapest, 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/08.jpg?itok=Y9R1eUUW)
Yad Vashem Photo Archive 1544/7
![Jews standing in line to receive Swiss letters of protection. The "Glass House", 29 Vadász Street, Budapest, 1944](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/08.jpg?itok=86kfOqZV)
![Budapest, Hungary, Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Budapest%2C Hungary%2C Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp..jpg?itok=qqeaNEc1)
![Budapest, Hungary, Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Budapest%2C Hungary%2C Jewish intellctuals and industrialists in detention camp..jpg?itok=08FILISl)
![Budapest, Hungary, Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Budapest%2C Hungary%2C Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home..jpg?itok=auxLw8Ax)
![Budapest, Hungary, Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Budapest%2C Hungary%2C Carl Lutz at the entrance to his home..jpg?itok=qdS1B3fQ)