Sara Tuvel Bernstein

  • Seren is born

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    The Seamstress

  • Seren and her family moves to Lunca de Mijloc

    Starts a new school with a good teacher, who later picks her to go to the gymnasium.
  • Seren goes to the gymnasium

  • Seren starts her dress making apprenticeship in Bucharest

  • Seren finishes her seamstress apprenticeship

    Continues to live in Bucharest.
  • Seren's parents move to Valea Uzului

    Seren's father gets a new job at a different lumber mill.
  • Seren moves in with her family in Valea Uzului

  • Seren and her father are arrested

  • Seren moves her mother to Miercurea-Cuic

  • Seren and the other prisoners are freed in Budapest

  • Seren moves in with her mother at Miercurea-Cuic

  • Seren moves to Budapest with relatives

    Her mother does not come with her.
  • Seren and her sister Zipporah are arrested in Budapest

    They are walking in a part of the city that is for Gentiles only. They are taken to a work camp. About a month later, Zipporah is shot because she is pregnant.
  • Seren is released from the work camp

  • Seren, Esther, Lily, and Ellen are taken into a labor force

    The Hungarian National Guard forces women into their labor force.
  • Seren, Esther, Ellen, and Lily are taken to Ravensbruck

    A labor camp.
  • Seren, Ellen, Esther, and Lily are put on a train to Dachau

    Lily passes away on the train ride. At this point, they are three of the few Ravensbruck survivors.
  • Seren, Ellen, and Esther get off the train at Schwabhausen

    Esther is shot in the back of the head during an air raid, but manages to survive.
  • Seren, Esther, and Ellen are rescued by American soldiers

  • Seren is fully physically recovered

    She works as a seamstress in Germany.
  • Seren and her husband Meyer leave for Canada

    Seren, Meyer, and their son Jacob are allowed to leave Germany.
  • Seren and her family move to the United States

  • Seren passes away