Helena Citrónová was a young Slovak Jewish woman born in 1922 who endured unimaginable horrors during World War II.In March 1942, she was forcibly transported to Auschwitz as part of the first mass deportation of Slovakian Jewish women.

Initially assigned to brutal manual labor, her life changed when she was transferred to 'Kanada,' the warehouse barracks where belongings of murdered victims were sorted.During her first day there, Helena sang a German song for an SS guard named Franz Wunsch, sparking a complex relationship that defied Nazi laws.Despite initial hatred, Wunsch secretly provided food and medical aid when Helena contracted typhus.Their non-physical bond deepened after Helena begged Wunsch to save her sister Róza during a mass selection.Though he saved Róza's life, he couldn't prevent the deaths of her children.In 1945, Wunsch gave Helena and Róza supplies to survive the death march.After liberation, Helena struggled with guilt over her survival at Róza's expense.Wunsch was later tried for war crimes but acquitted due to statute of limitations.Helena died in Tel Aviv in 2007, leaving behind a haunting testament to human resilience amid atrocities.