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Testimony of Roza Kaftori, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz

Testimony of Roza Kaftori, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including labor loading vegetable crates, in a sewing factory and a straw products factory; illness after the “Sperre”, curfew "Aktion"; labor for the Judenrat; joins the underground; listed on the "Black List"; wanderings among hiding places in the Lodz Ghetto; evades arrest; capture and deportation to Auschwitz, summer 1944; liberation by the partisans. Life in Germany until 1948; aliya to Israel with her husband and daughter, 1948.
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3562398
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Roza
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Kaftori
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1922
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Lodz, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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16/11/1995
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16/11/1995
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כפתורי, רוזה
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YES
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection