She quickly learned the accordion to join the group, which spared her from the grueling labor of carrying heavy stones.
Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, she volunteered for the girls' orchestra despite originally being a pianist. She quickly learned the accordion to join the
The orchestra was forced to play as new arrivals were marched to the gas chambers, a memory she carried "with tears in [her] eyes". She quickly learned the accordion to join the