József Weiss and Regina Mermelstein and their two children lived in the house at 28 Petőfi Street in Subotica, a town in the Hungary-annexed Yugoslav territories in 1941. In mid-May 1944, the Jews of Szabadka were moved to designated buildings, and around 20 June they were taken to the Bácsalmás collection camp. From there, on 26 June, the Jews from Szabadka were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eleven-year-old Aliza was executed together with her brother András and their mother.