Testimony of Zipora Hale, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Kudowa Zdroj

Testimony of Zipora Hale, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Kudowa Zdroj Life before the war; attempts to make a livelihood and hardships, 1937. German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; deportation of her parents in an "Aktion"; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, September 1944; transfer to an aircraft factory in Kudowa Zdroj; camp life; liberation, 09 May 1945. Move to Prague; life with help from the Joint; move to Italy; move to Ukraine; return to Italy; life in La Spezia; move to Genova; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; life in a Jewish Agency refugee house; aliya to Eretz Israel; detention in Atlit; settles in Kibbutz Alonim; marriage; getting settled.