Eva Szepesi (* 1932) grew up in Budapest. From April 1944, her family was forced to wear the yellow star. At the age of eleven, Eva fled with her aunt to Slovakia, but the National Socialists discovered their hiding place and took her via the Sered’ transit camp on the last transport to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Because she claimed to be older during registration there, she was considered fit for work and escaped immediate gassing. In January 1945, Eva was not taken on the death march — she was believed to be dead. After enduring more than a week without food in the cold among corpses, she was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945. This makes her one of only 400 children who survived Auschwitz. Her parents and her little brother were murdered. Szepesi returned to Budapest, where her uncle took her in. In 1956, she moved with her husband to Frankfurt. Eva Szepesi has two daughters, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. For 50 years, she remained silent about her experiences — only in 1995 did she find the courage to tell her story. Since then, she has spoken as a contemporary witness to school classes. For her commitment, Eva Szepesi has been awarded, among other honors, the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Honorary Plaque of the City of Frankfurt.