Testimony of Paula Lewitt née Shurtz, born in 1928 in Lwów, Poland, about her experiences in hiding on the “Aryan” side of Lwów and in Garmisch and Monte Cassino

Testimony of Paula Lewitt née Shurtz, born in 1928 in Lwów, Poland, about her experiences in hiding on the “Aryan” side of Lwów and in Garmisch and Monte Cassino Life before the war; attends a Polish school; Soviet occupation; children schooled at home; German occupation; pupils taken away to a killing pit; the yellow-star rule; parents attempt to find a place to hide; mother murdered in Waldenburg; ghetto established; living in the home of a Volksdeutsche (ethnic German), working at the Janowska camp; abuse of Jews; witness lives in hiding with the Stowshuk family for payment; joining a group of girls performing labor in Garmisch; working in the German Lazarethrote Hospital; witness escapes to Monte Cassino; liberation; moves to the Feldafing displaced persons camp; immigrates to Eretz Israel illegally via Marseille; deported to Cyprus; immigrates to Eretz Israel in 1947; adjusts to life in Eretz Israel.