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Testimony of Rivka Bacia, born in Bedzin, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen
Testimony of Rivka Bacia, born in Bedzin, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen
Her family and childhood; taking music lessons at school.
Outbreak of the war, September 1939; deportation to the ghetto; labor in a factory in Bedzin sewing uniforms for the German Army; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1943; separation from her mother and younger sister in a selection; joins the camp orchestra as the personal maid to the conductor, Alma Rose; labor cleaning, taking care of meals and arranging the room; evacuation with the orchestra members to Bergen-Belsen, November 1944; typhus; liberation by the British Army, April 1945.
Aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Tel Chai" ship, 1946.
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item Id
3560413
First Name
Rivka
Last Name
Bacha
Bacia
Date of Birth
1922
Place of Birth
Będzin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
6707
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/01/1992
Date of Creation - latest
16/01/1992
Name of Submitter
בציה, רבקה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
39
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection