Elizabeth Nussbaum

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Elizabeth Nussbaum was born in 1927 in Szerencz, Hungary. She and her family were briefly sent to a ghetto following the Nazi occupation in 1944 before being deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Elizabeth was in Birkenau for several months before being transferred to Dachau where she was later liberated. She met her future husband, Sam Nussbaum, in Barletta Displace Persons camp in Italy. They lived there together for 3 years before immigrating to Kansas City in 1948.

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Photo Credit: Roy Inman. Used with Permission.

Elizabeth Nussbaum being interviewed in December 2023.

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