"Hope Keeps You Going" – The Story of Marta Weiss

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Published 2020-04-02

Marta Weiss was born on October 8, 1934 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. She was one of nine children. In 1942, Marta's father decided that it was no longer safe for the children to remain in Bratislava and decided to sent them away to different families. Marta was sent to Sarvar, Hungary. With the Nazi occupation of Hungary, her parents paid someone to bring her back to Bratislava. Upon her return to Bratislava, Marta's father sent her and her sister Eva to live in Nitra, Slovakia under false identities. However, they were discovered, deported to Sered, a transit camp, and subsequently deported to Auschwitz on November 3, 1944. Marta was just ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eva and Marta were sent to Dr. Mengele's experimental block, and were experimented on with injections. They were liberated in Auschwitz, and were reunited with their family in June, 1945. Only at the end of the war did the family find out that Marta's younger sister, Yehudit, was murdered in Auschwitz. The rest of her siblings and her parents survived the Holocaust. In 1948 Marta's family left Slovakia and moved to Australia.
She married Harold Wise in December 1957. They have three daughters and 14 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. They moved to Israel with their daughters in 1997 and now live in Jerusalem. Marta meets with youth from all over the world and tells them what happened to her during the Holocaust.

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All Comments (17)

@witsch82 1 year ago

God Bless you and your family Marta. Shalom.
@stephencarter9570 3 years ago

I am so pleased that you were able to survive these horrors. God bless you and your family.
@valeriewinters6508 3 years ago

Having hope means everything
@ccwildflower5348 3 years ago

What a beautiful lady. Thank you so much for sharing your story. God Bless you and your family.
@lisalavence7039 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your story I live in Australia and am a Christian It is still so shockingly evil to me that this was allowed to happen One day you will return to our Holy Father in Heaven and He will fill you with absolute peace God Bless you and your family We must learn from this horror and never let it happen again 👼
@alessandrodesangro8881 3 years ago

Terribile!....terrificante!......un monito per il futuro.....Non dimentichiamo!.....🙏❤💕
@Magravator1671 3 years ago

Thank you Marta for sharing this story. I'm sure it's not a pleasant thing to do. God bless you and your family. May he hold you and keep you.
@davidtrindle6473 3 years ago

God! How can this be? Thankyou for this little girl.
@thegeorges2384 3 years ago

Watching from Melbourne 🇦🇺 2021. Awesome story of survival. May God continue to bless you & your wonderful family , much love and respect, a gentile who loves your Jewish Jesus 💕
@BritishBloke66 3 years ago

I've seen the Auschwitz video clip and photo many times before. It's nice to be able to connect her story to this.
@mariannesnead6919 3 years ago

Beautiful story hope and memories are strong
@saramorisani 3 years ago

What an unbelievable survival story!
@perlapearlhunter7291 3 years ago

Evil does effect families for generations just like "Willy Lynch" so very unfortunately💔😢💔. Yet, thank The Most High for hope, when you got nothing else left at least there's HOPE which pulls you through it against all odds. Especially when you let Prayer put the P in Hope.💓💕
@gailhochman1494 3 years ago

That was amazing You were so young I’m so jay you got your pArents back
@narsreenjohnson4966 3 years ago

WHERE DID HER PARENTS LIVE AFTER THE WAR IN AU?ALSO IS MARTHA LIVING IN AU OR ISRAEL?WHERE IS HER SISTER EVA LIVING?WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?
@frenchartantiquesparis424 3 years ago

Luckily she came from a very wealthy family..... or she probably would not have survived.