Eight-year-old Erika Löwy was deported to Auschwitz with her mother, where both were murdered upon arrival in 1944.

Erika Löwy was born in 1936 in Czechoslovakia into a Jewish family. She was the daughter of Viola and Hugo Löwy, growing up in a world that was steadily being reshaped by rising antisemitism and the expanding reach of Nazi persecution
Her early childhood would have been marked by increasing restrictions and fear as Jewish families across Europe were systematically stripped of safety, rights, and normal life. For children like Erika, the world around them became increasingly unstable and threatening
In 1944, during the height of the Second World War, Erika and her mother were deported to Auschwitz. The journey to the camp marked the final rupture from their previous life, as families were forced into overcrowded transports under brutal conditions
Upon arrival at Auschwitz, Erika Löwy was murdered alongside her mother. She was only eight years old. There was no transition into survival, no opportunity for escape or continuation—only immediate destruction within a system designed for mass killing
Today, Erika’s name is remembered as part of the countless children whose lives were erased during the Holocaust. Her story stands as a