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Turgel, several siblings and her mother were forced to move to the Krak\u00f3w ghetto in August 1941.[1][4]Her brother Willek was shot and killed by the SS through the window of their home while he stood on a chair beside the window to reach a suitcase on top of a wardrobe.[1][4] Another brother, Janek, escaped and Turgel never saw him after that.[4] On 1 March 1942, Gena, her mother, and her sisters Miriam and Hela were sent to the Krak\u00f3w-P\u0142asz\u00f3w concentration camp. Turgel’s sister Miriam and her husband were shot after being caught trying to smuggle food into the camp.[1]Gena, Estela, and Hela were then part of the last forced march from P\u0142asz\u00f3w to Auschwitz-Birkenau in December 1944.[1] Months later she was part of the “death march” to Buchenwald before finally being sent to the Bergen-Belsen camp.[5]She survived the bombing of Poland and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she nursed a dying Anne Frank.[6]Personal life[edit]  She married a British soldier, Norman Turgel, after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and the British press called her “the Bride of Belsen.”[7] The ceremony was officiated by Jewish British Army chaplain Padre Capt. Leslie Henry Hardman[8] Her wedding dress, made from a British army parachute, is an exhibit in the Imperial War Museum in London.[9] Norman held a party to celebrate his engagement to Gena at Belsen having been granted permission to do so by Major Leonard Berney, the commander of the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp (as it was then called).[citation needed]Her memoir, I Light a Candle, was published in 1987. She spent much of her life educating British school pupils about the Holocaust.[10] The story of Gena: the autobiography of a woman whose strength of spirit allowed her to save herself and her mother from death. And thereby save yourself. But Gena still lights a candle in memory of her three brothers and two sisters who died in the Holocaust. And although her story has a happy ending, she will never forget.[11]She died on 7 June 2018, at the age of 95 in England.[6] Upon news of her death, Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, called her a “truly remarkable Holocaust Survivor”, and said, “Her legacy is our responsibility now.”[5]References[edit]^ a b c d e f Lambert, Angela (13 April 1995). “From out of the horror, a love story”. The Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2018.^ “Heartfelt tributes to Gena Turgel: ‘A shining light has gone out and will never be replaced’“.^ a b c Genzlinger, Neil (13\u00a0June 2018). “Gena Turgel, Holocaust Survivor With a Love Story, Dies at 95“. New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018. Print version, 14\u00a0June 2018, p.\u00a0B15.^ a b c “Gena Turgel MBE”. Holocaust Educational Trust. het.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017.^ a b Diaz, Andrea (11 June 2018). “Holocaust survivor who treated Anne Frank in a concentration camp is dead at 95”. CNN. cnn.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.^ a b Sherwood, Harriet (8 June 2018). “Gena Turgel, Holocaust survivor known as Bride of Belsen, dies”. The Guardian. theguardian.com.^ “The Bride of Belsen: A love story born amidst the horror”. 26 January 2015.^ “Leslie Hardman was one of the first to enter Belsen concentration camp”. Wales Online. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2018.^ “dress, wedding, parachute silk, Belsen”. Imperial War Museums.^ Morris, James (30 January 2017). “Holocaust memorial: Gena Turgel tells Islington pupils ‘it’s my duty to tell survival story’“.^ https:\/\/krakowchanka.eu\/uk\/eternal\/zhinka-shho-perezhyla-gazovu-kameru-3-konczentraczijni-tabory-i-stala-nathnennykom-dlya-miljoniv-lyudej-gena-turgelExternal links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/gena-turgel-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Gena Turgel – Wikipedia"}}]}]