Testimony of Diana Bach, born in Lublin, Poland, in 1934, regarding her experiences in the ghettos of Lublin and Majdan Tatarski, in Majdanek camp, in Warsaw and Krakow.

Testimony of Diana Bach, born in Lublin,Poland,in 1934, regarding her experiences in the ghettos of Lublin and Majdan Tatarski, in Majdanek camp, in Warsaw and Krakow. Family life in Lublin before war; German occupation,September 1939; murder of her father together with other Jews from the Jewish intelligentsia,November 1940; deportation to the Lublin ghetto; "Aktions",March and April 1942; deportation with last Jews to ghetto of Majdan Tatarski; selection; deportation to Majdanek; harsh scenes in camp; liberation from camp 4 days later thanks to her mother's working in the community for the Red Cross organisation; life in ghetto Majdan Tatarski; escape to the Aryan side and escape back to ghetto about 2 weeks later; liquidation of ghetto, November 1942; bribing the Ukrainian guards and escape with her mother from ghetto; getting forged papers; escape to Warsaw; capture on way and further escape; finding hideout with a couple of Poles Zbysz ( later Righteous Among the Nations) her mother's capture by Poles on street; giving money and furs in order not to have her captured; finding hideout at house of worker at electricity company from Wrobel family ( later Righteous Among the Nations"), fearing exposure,spring 1944; finding hideout with couple of elderlycouple Zbysz; "Polish uprising",August 1944; starvation; evacuation og Polish population from the place; life in refugee camp nearby and in Krakow ; liberation by red army, January 1945; life after war; aliya to Israel,1950; absorption .