Testimony of Lea Milstein, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, 1920, regarding her experiences in Westerbork, Auschwitz and Salzwedel

Testimony of Lea Milstein, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, 1920, regarding her experiences in Westerbork, Auschwitz and Salzwedel Escape of the family from the Soviet Union to Tel Aviv, 1925; move of the family to Amsterdam due to difficulties in absorption, 1932; work of her father as a tailor; rumors from refugees who arrived to the Netherlands after 1933. German occupation of the Netherlands, 14 May 1940; deportation to Westerbork and then to Auschwitz by the Dutch police, September 1942; selection; transfer to Birkenau; labor in odd jobs with female political prisoners from Germany; special attitude of the block elder due to the witness' beautiful voice; witness sings for Mengele on his birthday and exemption of her block from selection on that day; transfer to Salzwedel due to her voice, winter 1944; labor in a subterranean factory producing aircraft lights; camp life and good conditions; evacuation from one camp to another; liberation by the US Army. Work in an American hospital helping a physician with translation; work for UNRRA in Stuttgart; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; receives a certificate from the British and makes aliya to Eretz Israel, May 1947.