Testimony of Malvina Perlman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisskirchen camps

Testimony of Malvina Perlman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisskirchen camps German occupation, September 1939; life under German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, March 1941; ghetto life including forced labor in an Optima factory; deals in illegal trade using a false identity on the Aryan side; murder of her father; deportation to Plaszow, summer 1941; camp life including forced labor in a laundry for the German Army and labor smashing headstones in the Jewish cemetery; injured in the course of the labor; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, summer 1942; camp life including a suicide attempt; transfer to Weisskirchen; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; liberation by the Red Army, April 1945. Return to Krakow; life after the war; reunion with her brother; displays of antisemitism; move to Wroclaw; aliya to Israel, 1951.