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Olga Horak Olga Horak i(13871391 works by) (a.k.a. Olga Rosenberger)
Born: Established: 1926 Bratislava,
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Slovakia,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1949
Heritage: Jewish
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Born in Bratislava in what was then Czechoslovakia, Olga Horak was transported by the occupying Nazi regime first to Auschwitz (in 1944) and then to Bergen-Belsen (in 1945). Her sister Judith was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942, and her father Hugo, also in Auschwitz, in 1944. Her mother, Piroska, survived Belsen with Olga, but died the morning after its liberation. Olga migrated to Australia in 1949 with her husband John: together, they established a garment business called Hibodress.

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