Irene Thirman

Date of birth

01/01/1923

Where were you born?

Uzhgorod, Czechoslovakia

Name of father, occupation

Joseph Thirman, owned a transportation business

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Serena Thirman, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents, one brother Marcel- two years older than me, me, and one sister Clara- two years younger who passed away at age 3.

Who survived the Holocaust?

Me and my brother Marcel Thirman, a cousin on my mother's side, Violet Klein, and her father's brother.

Name of Ghetto(s)

Uzhhorod

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Auschwitz Birkenau Zwittau

Occupation after the war

Worked at Army Surplus Business/Homemaker

Spouse

Alex Petrinitz, Grocer in Europe then a welder for Chrysler

What message would you like to leave for future generations?