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Testimony of Rodika Erlich Kurtzberg, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1938, regarding the persecution of her family in Romania and her experiences in Transnistria, Ukraine, Soviet Union

Testimony
Testimony of Rodika Erlich Kurtzberg, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1938, regarding the persecution of her family in Romania and her experiences in Transnistria, Ukraine, Soviet Union Family life; move to Cernauti in 1939; her father's conscription into the Red Army in 1941; the German occupation in 1941; deportation with her mother to the Transnistria region; life in the Mogilev Podolskiy ghetto; hunger and survival; reunion with her grandparents from Kimpolung; sharing living space with Jewish engineers; the work of the engineers in the construction of a bridge over the river Dniester; help with food from the engineers; the German headquarters were nearby; liberation by the Red Army; return to Cernauti; deprivation; searching for her father; move to Romania; death of her mother; growing up while living with her grandparents; aliya to Israel in 1972.
item Id
13298184
First Name
Rodika
Last Name
Erlich
Kurtzberg
Date of Birth
1938
Place of Birth
Bucuresti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
06/05/2018
Date of Creation - latest
06/05/2018
Name of Submitter
ארליך קורצברג רודיקה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video