. >>> for days, rene firestone was packed in a cattle car like this with 120 other people. he doors were unlocked and opened, she was here at auschwitz. renee and her sister were told to go to the right. their mother to the left, and straight to the gas chamber. ♪ >> we had a beautiful public swimming pool. this was taken only a few months before we were deported. they always played music. and they played the song "it's now or never." and even today when i hear that song, how i didn't know that it's now or never. ♪ >> the first thing we heard was the loud speakers that were telling us to leave our suitcases at the railroad station. my sister was telling me, wait for mother and dad. that's when i look around and realized that i will never find them. it was impossible. when they were loading the trucks, we saw my mother. she went straight to the gas chambers. about three days later when a group of men were marching, i recognized my father. i saw him in the striped uniform with the shaved head, and i was trying to hide from him. i didn't want him to see us, my sister and i, kno