1 5 ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁At ▁Bir ken au , ▁she ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁ 5 0 ▁women ▁who ▁were ▁forced ▁by ▁a ▁kap o ▁to ▁kn it ▁unders h ir ts ▁for ▁German ▁new born s . ▁She ▁worked ▁hard , ▁and ▁was ▁well ▁thought - of , ▁but ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁asked ▁to ▁kn it ▁so cks ▁for ▁men , ▁she ▁resist ed ▁by ▁making ▁big ▁kn ots ▁inside ▁the ▁gar ments ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁render ▁them ▁unus able . ▁In ▁her ▁block ▁in ▁Aus ch witz ▁was ▁another ▁d eta ine e ▁that ▁she ▁saw ▁daily , ▁the ▁future ▁politician ▁Sim one ▁Ve il . ▁ ▁G ross - R osen ▁ ▁The ▁G ross - R osen ▁concentration ▁camp ▁was ▁situated ▁near ▁Bres lau ▁( called ▁today ▁W roc ław ▁in ▁Poland ) ▁railway ▁station . ▁There ▁War f man ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁a ▁m un itions ▁factory ▁from ▁six ▁in ▁the ▁evening ▁to ▁six ▁in ▁the ▁morning , ▁with ▁one ▁half - hour ▁break , ▁and ▁regular ▁beat ings . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁Paris . ▁She ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁employee ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁Isra eli ▁Airlines , ▁El ▁Al , ▁when ▁it ▁opened ▁in ▁Paris , ▁with ▁a ▁director , ▁Mr . ▁Mass is . ▁She ▁wel com ed ▁and ▁gu ided ▁many ▁Isra eli ▁leaders ▁during ▁their ▁stays ▁in ▁Paris , ▁including ▁Gold a ▁Me ir , ▁and