![]() In January 1945, Russian soldiers were getting close to Auschwitz. I decided that never again would there be a pregnant woman in Auschwitz. So women began to run directly to him, telling him, 'I am pregnant.' I learned that they were all taken to the research block to be used as guinea pigs, and then two lives would be thrown into the crematorium. He said that they would go to another camp for better nutrition, even for milk. Mengele told me that it was my duty to report every pregnant woman to him. "The greatest crime in Auschwitz was to be pregnant. Josef Mengele for vivisections (which means they were cut open without any anesthesia. This saved the women's lives because pregnant women were often beaten and killed, or used by Dr. Perl is most famous for saving the lives of hundreds of women by aborting their pregnancies. Perl's job was to help these inmates, but she did not have even the most basic medical supplies, like antiseptic, soap, clean cloths for wounds, medicine, or even running water. This was because of horrible living conditions at the camps, where inmates were beaten, not given enough food, not given clean water or toilets, were forced to work very hard, and had to live so close together that diseases spread very quickly. Diseases (like all kinds of infections), injuries, malnutrition, and many other problems were very common among the inmates. She was given the job of working as a doctor in the camp. Perl was allowed to live because she was a doctor. Perl's husband, only son, parents, and extended family were all killed by the Nazis. Perl and her family were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Her father carried that book into the crematorium in Auschwitz." Life in the concentration camps Īfter the Nazis invaded Romania, Dr. Years later, on the day she was paid a fee by her first patient, she bought another prayer book and had engraved on it her father's name. Several months later, she approached him again, this time with a prayer book he had given her, and said, 'I swear on this book that wherever life will take me, under whatever circumstances, I shall always remain a good, true Jew.' Maurice Perl relented, and she enrolled in medical school. " 'I do not want my daughter to lose her faith and break away from Judaism.'. She wanted to be a doctor, but at first her father would not let her. At age 16, she graduated first in her high school class she was the only woman and the only Jew in the class. Perl was born December 10, 1907, in the town of Sighetu Marmaţiei in Romania (called Transylvania at the time). The Nazis deported all of the Jewish people in the area and sent them to concentration camps. In 1944, World War II was happening, and the Nazis illegally invaded a part of Romania through Hungary. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.Gisella Perl (10 December 1907 – 16 December 1988) was a Jewish gynecologist who lived in Romania until 1944. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Year should not be greater than current year Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. ![]() GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial ![]() This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial [Thanks to Contributor Jared (47964612) for locating the correct cemetery. Later, she delivered about 3,000 babies to do her part to re-populate the Jewish race after Holocaust. This was permissible under the Jewish faith because it was done to save the life of the mother. They would have been burned alive or tortured to death along with their fetuses by Dr. She saved the lives of more than one thousand pregnant women by performing abortions before the women were discovered. Perl was an Auschwitz survivor (Number 25404).Īs an obstetrician & gynecologist, she cared for thousands of women in Auschwitz without any medical supplies or equipment. She was the mother of Gabriella Krauss Blattman. Some of her other family members were Moshe Perl, Fanny Perl, David Perl, Cilla Perl, Rose Perl, and Helen Perl. She was the daughter of Rabbi Maurice Perl. ![]() Perl was born in what was Maramarossziget, Hungary in 1907. ![]()
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