Testimony of Rivka Levi, born in Zawiercie, regarding her experiences in Zawiercie Ghetto and Gebhardsdorf camp

Testimony of Rivka Levi, born in Zawiercie, regarding her experiences in the Zawiercie Ghetto and Gebhardsdorf camp Family; ultra-Orthodox life at home and at school; antisemitsm, 1936; the family moves to the center of the town; arrival of German refugees, 1938-1939; family escapes to Wodzislaw, 1940; family returns to Zawiercie; restrictions for Jews and confiscation of property; an atmosphere of fear; the arrival of the Jewish "informer" from Sosnowiec; hides from "Aktions" and is caught by the Jewish militia; deportation with 200 women to Gebhardsdorf camp, winter 1942; labors in a factory spinning thread; the humane treatment by the Czechoslovakian factory manager; life in the camp; organizing the girls to learn Hebrew; organizing Seder night at Pesach; walks in the area of the camp; labors fortifying and digging trenches, winter 1944; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Former British POWs protect the women from Russians; witness returns to Zawiercie; organization of aliya training in a religious group in Sosnowiec by Chaim Basok; through Czechoslovakia and Germany with Bericha; moves to Leipheim, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel onboard the "Latrun"; detention in Cyprus by the British; joins Kibbutz Saad.