Testimony of Pircha Kestenbaum, born in Chust, 1923, regarding her experiences in concentration and labor camps in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany

Testimony of Pircha (Volf) Kestenbaum, born in Chust, 1923, regarding her experiences in concentration and labor camps in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany The family; the community; education; annexation to Hungary, 1939; daily hardships; deportation of non-Hungarian citizens, 1941; German occupation, 19 March 1944; arrest and escape from the Gestapo; deportation to the ghetto, Nisan 5704 (March-April 1944); living conditions in the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, Sivan 5704 (May-June 1944); selection and disinfection process; living with her sister in Block 8; transfer with her sister to Reichenbach camp, July 1944; forced labor in a factory with women from the Netherlands; transfer to Langenbielau camp; humane attitude of the factory manager where she labored; Yom Kippur in the camp; arrival of inmates in a poor physical condition from other camps, January 1945; approach of the Red Army and evacuation of the camp, March 1945; arrival at Parschnitz camp; forced labor in the snow; deportation to Kratzau, April 1945; forced labor in an ammunitions factory; liberation by the Red Army, 7 May 1945. Return to Chust, 1949; aliya to Israel.