Testimony of Rivka (Shwartzbart) Levi, born in Zdunska-Wola, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Zdunska-Wola Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bremen camp and other places

Testimony of Rivka (Shwartzbart) Levi, born in Zdunska-Wola, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Zdunska-Wola Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bremen camp and other places First days of the German occupation; escape to Lodz; return to Zdunska-Wola; flow of refugees to Zdunska-Wola; German decrees including the "stamp" decree and the execution of Jews on the eve of Purim and Shavuot, 1942; deportation of Jews to Chelmno; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a fur factory; organization of the Judenrat; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, August 1944; transfer to a camp in Bremen; camp life; air-raids on the camp; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, April 1945; liberation by the British Army. Move to Sweden, 15 July 1945; aliya attempt and detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel.