Testimony of Trude Simonson, born in Olomouc, regarding her experiences in prison, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Kurzbach camp and on a death march

Testimony of Trude Simonson, born in Olomouc, regarding her experiences in prison, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Kurzbach camp and on a death march Training and work in Maccabi Hatzair, 1939. Detention in Ceska-Jesenik, June 1942; six month internment in the Olomouc prison, including one month in solitary confinement, on the charge of Communist activity; Theresienstadt, October 1942-October 1944; labor in the girls' home; transfer to Auschwitz, October 1944, and shortly thereafter to Kurzbach camp; labor digging pits; death march, January 1945; left behind with ten other young women; walking in the direction of Czechoslovakia; capture, 25 April 1945, and detention in Merzdorf camp. Life in Prague; move to Switzerland 1946, and Germany 1948.