Testimony of Lili Ilana (Leibi) Salomon, born in Satu Mare, Romania in 1924, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto and in Birkenau and Ravensbruck camps

Testimony of Lili Ilana (Leibi) Salomon, born in Satu Mare, Romania in 1924, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto and in Birkenau and Ravensbruck camps Childhood in a religious family in Satu Mare; her father owns a farm; studies in a Jewish school and vocational high school; life without antisemitism; annexation of Satu Mare by Hungary 1940; confiscation of her father's business; transfer of her father to a labor battalion and his death in Ukraine; German occupation in March 1944; arrival of many people to her house in the ghetto; life in the ghetto without depravation; deportation in the third transport to Auschwitz-Birkenau at end of May 1944; witnessing the death of her mother; camp life in Lager C Block 20 ; transfer to the Gypsy camp; labor in digging pits; death march 18 January 1945; march for 3 days; transfer in open train to Ravensbruck; work in "Messerschmitt" factory in production of aircraft; liberation by British army; recuperation in army hospital; return to family home; destruction of her home in an air raid; aliya to Israel in 1950.