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Doris Broulová was born on 16 September 1929. She spent her childhood in Prague. She and her family lived not far from Resslova Street, where a battle took place between SS troops and paratroopers, including those who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich. Because of her Jewish origin, she had to wear the Jewish star in the early years of the war. Later, together with her mother and brother, she was transported to Terezín. In 1944, she and her brother were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp with transport Eb, No. 1179. Towards the end of the war, she worked in Hamburg, clearing the rubble of the bombed-out city. She was liberated after completing the death march to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was the only survivor of her family. After the war, she stayed with friends for two years. Later she graduated from a trade and textile school. She continued to work in the textile sector after school. She married in 1954 and she and her husband raised their only son. She and her family lived in Nová Paka, where she worked first in Jednota and then in a spinning mill. At the time of recording in 2024, she was living in Nová Paka.
