Testimony of Vera Idan (Rozenzweig), born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in ghetto Theresienstadt and in camps Christianstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen.

Testimony of Vera Idan (Rozenzweig),born in Kosice,Czechoslovakia in 1926,regarding her experiences in ghetto Theresienstadt and in camps Christianstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen. Daughter of well off assimilated family; family's loss of its assets following the imposition of restrictions; escape to Ostrava; father's escape to Yugoslavia and his return; German occupation,autumn 1938; father's deportation with group of men to Nisko,autumn 1938; preparing for deportation ,December 1939; cancelling deportation; programming sister's escape to England; sister's refusal; moving to study in Praha; return about 3 months later with group of aliyat hanoar organisation; prohibition on studies,1941; deportation to Theresienstadt; life in ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz,May 1944; life in camp of families; younsters'organizing uprising due to the fear that their friends were being sent to be assassinated; cancelling rebellion; transfer to Christianstadt,June 1944; working building in camp; getting help from local population; getting punishment of shaving hair following food smuggling to sister; death march,February 1945; getting to Bergen Belsen,March 1945; dysentery disease in camp; liberation,April 1945; aliya to Israel,1949; absorption.