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Her parents had emigrated to Norway from the Baltic states around 1905, at first living in North Norway, but then establishing a retail store in Trondheim. She was arrested at her school - Kalvskinnet skole - on 6 October 1942, detained, and ultimately deported with the transport ship Gotenland from Oslo to Stettin, from which she was sent by train to Auschwitz, where she was murdered the day she arrived, on 3 March 1943. She was 13 years old.
In 1995, the street where she lived was named Cissi Kleins gate (at 63429574°North 1038708°East / 63429574.
1038708), and a statue of her made by Tore Bjørn Skjølsvik and Tone Ekwas was unveiled in the park nearby in 1997. School children from her school visit this site on 6 October every year to lay down flowers in her memory.
The composer Ståle Kleiberg has written a musical piece in her memory.