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Testimony of Rivka Weise, born in Novi Sad, 1924, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, as a forced laborer in Auschwitz and camps in Germany

Testimony of Rivka Weise, born in Novi Sad, 1924, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, as a forced laborer in Auschwitz and camps in Germany Family and Jewish community in Novi Sad; Beitar member; extends help to Jewish refugees from Austria, 1939-1940. Outbreak of war, 1941; life under Hungarian rule; gathering of Jews for mass murder, January 1942; her father's deportation to a labor camp; witness is arrested after being informed on for selling food ration coupons; interrogation; release; German occupaton into Backa Topola; deportation, 25 April 1944; separation from family; enters Auschwitz; performs forced labor in Union on night shift; performs forced labor in a grenade factory; events and people from Auschwitz daily life; transfer to Ravensbrueck, 18 January 1945; transfer to Neustad-Gleve as part of group of children from Netherlands and Belgium; liberation by Red Army. Evades rape; returns to Novi Sad; aliya to Israel, 1951.
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3554901
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Rivka
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Veis
Weise
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1924
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Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
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Testimony
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6569
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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18/12/1991
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18/12/1991
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WEISE RIVKA
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YES
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33
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Yad Vashem Archives
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection