Testimony of Zipora Levin, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, as a forced laborer in camps in Silesia and on a death march

Testimony of Zipora Levin, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, as a forced laborer in camps in Silesia and on a death march Childhood; displays of antisemitism by the Poles; life among the non-Jews in order to support themselves yet lead an ultra-Orthodox way of life; move to a Jewish neighborhood, 1935; German occupation of Lodz, 08 September 1939; decrees and deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; sealing of the ghetto, May 1940; distress, hunger; witness' opinion of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Judenrat; help from Rumkowski; cultural activities in the ghetto; participation in theater activities and distribution of poems written by Rumkowski; transports to the ghetto; "Aktions" and deportation of Jews on trains to camps; her father's death after being tortured; her mother's painful death from cancer; in hiding with her brother in various places; fear; concentration of the Jews in the final "Aktion", September 1944; deportation to Auschwiz-Birkenau by train; life in various blocks in the camp; transfer to a labor camp in Upper Silesia to dig pits; death march, January 1945; murders en route; transfer to Volary, May 1945; transfer to Santa Casarie. Marriage, November 1946; aliya attempt on the "Shabbetai Lozinsky” ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel; establishes herself; her daughter's death.