Testimony of Ilana Ronen, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and a death march

Testimony of Ilana Ronen, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and a death march Escape to Kaunas, to the area controlled by the Soviet Union; move to Lwow after the German occupation; education and life in Lwow; move to Krakow; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; “Aktions” and evading “Aktions”; deportation to Plaszow, March 1943; labor in a paper factory; roll-calls and punishments; attitude of Amon Goeth, the camp commander, towards the Jews; Oskar Schindler; selection at Plaszow, August 1944; “Aktions” and escape; deportation to Auschwitz on a freight train; October 1944; selection; encounter with Mengele; death march to Breslau, December 1944; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; dysentery; transfer to Mauthausen by train, April 1945; liberation by the US Army. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Shear Yishuv", 1946.