Testimony of Rita (Reznik) Zocher, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1915, regarding her experiences in underground activities in the Herbert Baum group in Berlin, in prison, Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck

Testimony of Rita (Reznik) Zocher, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1915, regarding her experiences in underground activities in the Herbert Baum group in Berlin, in prison, Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck Activities in a Jewish youth organization in Berlin, 1930s; Nazi rise to power; underground activities in the Communist, Herbert Baum group; anti-Jewish decrees. Unsuccessful activity with explosive material, spring 1942; detention of the group's activists including their leader Baum; detention of the witness; prison life including interrogation in the Gestapo cellars; means of contact between Jewish prisoners; fate of the activists including their execution in a prison in Plotzensee; witness' transfer to Auschwitz; transfer to Ravensbrueck; liberation. Life in East Berlin.