When elly was just 15 years old, she, her mother and brother were deported by cattle car to the auschwitz ii / birkenau concentration camp. On the day they arrived at auschwitz, a soldier directed elly to the right; her ...When elly was just 15 years old, she, her mother and brother were deported by cattle car to the auschwitz ii / birkenau concentration camp. On the day they arrived at auschwitz, a soldier directed elly to the right; her mother and brother were sent to the left.