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Garncarz was interned in seven different Nazi labor camps between 1940 and 1945.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps
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At times, Garncarz hid the letters in her clothes and even buried them, managing to take them secretly from camp to camp.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps
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At the age of 16, Garncarz left her home in Poland and entered the Geppersdorf camp, choosing to go instead of her more fragile older sister.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps
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In 1991, before going into the hospital for heart surgery, Garncarz gave the letters to her daughter, Ann Kirschner, who says her life changed in an instant.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps
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On Tuesday the New York Public Library opened an exhibit of 300 Holocaust-era letters saved by Sala Garncarz, a Jewish woman who, as a teen, spent five years in the labor camps.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps
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Sala Garncarz Kirschner is now in her 80s.
NPR: Letters Offer Glimpse of Life in Nazi Labor Camps