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After arriving, Iby was shaved, showered, and given a prisoner uniform before entering the camp. Her language skills were very useful in Auschwitz, as it meant she could communicate in German with the guards, which sometimes resulted in better rations. However, this did not protect her entirely; Iby developed a hip condition and she ended up in the camp’s hospital. It was then that she underwent X-ray experiments.

Iby only stayed in Auschwitz for six weeks, because she and some friends volunteered to accompany a slave labour transport to an armament factory in Lippstadt, Germany. They were forced to make armaments for the German war effort. Where possible, Iby and her friends would sabotage the work. Eventually, Iby was put in charge of the camp hospital due to her fluency in German and informal nursing skills.

In March 1945, the hospital unit was evacuated and Iby and the other women were taken on a death march towards Bergen-Belsen. Anyone who couldn’t keep up was shot. lby had a renewed infection in her hip and credits her survival to her friends who carried her along the way. Iby was finally liberated by the American army on Easter Sunday 1945.

Iby’s mother and brother both survived the war and returned to Bratislava. Iby spent some time recuperating in hospital and then began working as a translator and interpreter for the Allied Military Government in Germany. In September 1946, she returned to live with her mother and brother in Bratislava. Her father perished in Auschwitz.