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Testimony of Helena (Shtibelman) Spritzer Sprotzer, born in Lomza, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lomza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and sheltered by a German farmer

Testimony of Helena (Shtibelman) Spritzer Sprotzer, born in Lomza, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lomza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and sheltered by a German farmer Attends local schools; attends a vocational school, 1939. Occupation of Lomza; anti-Jewish decrees; murder of 6,000 of the youth in the city; escape from the ghetto in order to make contact with partisans; capture; deportation to Auschwitz, January 1943; camp life including the Sonderkommando Uprising; execution of Rosa Robota and her comrades; Mala Zimetbaum's escape and capture; death march to Ravensbrueck; escape while being transferred to an unknown destination; receives shelter from a German farmer. Life in Dresden after the liberation; aliya to Israel, 1948; testifies in trials of war criminals.
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item Id
3558741
First Name
Helena
Last Name
Shpritzer
Shprotzer
details.fullDetails.maidenName
Shtibelman
Place of Birth
Łomża, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
4845
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
1989
Date of Creation - latest
1989
Name of Submitter
שפרוצר שפריצר הלנה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
38
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio