Testimony of Rachel Eshed-Freilich, born in Olkusz, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Liege and camps

Testimony of Rachel Eshed-Freilich, born in Olkusz, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Liege and camps Life in Liege, Belgium. German occupation; life in a small village with her husband; activities in the Belgian underground; contact with her family; birth of her son; detention by the Gestapo after being informed on; imprisoned in the Citadel in Liege; deportation to Malines; transfer to Birkenau; hands over her son whom she never saw again; pain and depression over the loss of her son; transfer to Auschwitz to block 1, October 1944; camp life and good living conditions; food, cleanliness, good attitude; medical examinations, medical experiments and fear of the results; death march to Ravensbrueck, January 1945; camp life; transfer to Neustadt Glewe; labor in an ammunitions factory; liberation, 04 May 1945. Evades rape; medical treatment and rehabilitation; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948; War of Independence; marriage; inability to rehabilitate.