Else Simons-Liebenthal was interned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Shortly before liberation a train carrying 2,000 prisoners, mainly Jewish, left for Theresienstadt. The train spent 14 days travelling through Germany, and many passengers died on the journey. Finally, it came to a halt near the small village of Tröbitz, where Allied troops liberated the surviving passengers. Else Simons-Liebenthal did not survive the journey. She was buried in the nearby town of Falkenberg, together with other victims.
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