Testimony of Rita Likhtig, nee Bauer,born in Vienne,Austria,in 1927; regarding her escape to Praha and her aliya to Israel ,December 1939.
Testimony of Rita Likhtig, nee Bauer, born in Vienne, Austria, in 1927; regarding her escape to Praha and her aliya to Israel , December 1939.
Testimony
Testimony of Rita Likhtig, nee Bauer,born in Vienne,Austria,in 1927; regarding her escape to Praha and her aliya to Israel ,December 1939.
Childhood in Slavonice in a well off and observant family; Munchen agreement and annexation of the Sudetes; family's escape to central Moravia, to Iglau,March 1938; German invasion into Czechoslovakia; family escape to Praha,March 1939; family trial to get certificate but failure; relatives'commitment in Palestine to support Rita who gets children's certificate ; Rita's aliya to Israel with the "children's aliya"via Triets on board the ship "Galileo" and getting to Israel ,December 1939; deportation of Rita's parents from Praha to Terezin,February 1942; their murder about a month later in Sobibor; Rita's life at age 12 in Israel.
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item Id
12627102
First Name
Rita
Last Name
Likhtig
Maiden Name
Bauer
Date of Birth
26/10/1927
Place of Birth
Wien, Austria
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives