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Testimony of Rozina (Libovitz) Veinbakh, born in Zeben, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Birkenau, on a death march, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe

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Testimony of Rozina (Libovitz) Veinbakh, born in Zeben, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Birkenau, on a death march, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt-Glewe Childhood in Zeben. Her father, along with all the other men under the age of 42, is drafted and deported to forced labor in Ukraine, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; collection of all the Jews in a brick factory in Mukacevo and deportation in closed trains to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp registration process; separation from her mother; labor at Union-Kommando sorting clothes; sabotage at labor; meets French POWs; love affairs in the camp; sets out on a six week long death march to Ravensbrueck, January 1945; camp registration process; mortality; transfer of corpses for mass burial; transfer to Neustadt-Glewe to dig defense pits; liberation. Behavior of the US Army soldiers in contrast to the behavior of the Red Army soldiers; organization within Hapoel Hamizrachi and immigration to London as part of a group of 105 children; life in London and the attitude of the local population; aliya to Israel, 1949, life in Israel; starts a family; children and grandchildren; ramifications of the Holocaust.
item Id
3564133
First Name
Rozina
Last Name
Veinbakh
Maiden Name
Libovitz
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Zeben, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
9692
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/11/1996
Date of Creation - latest
12/11/1996
Name of Submitter
ויינבך (ליבוביץ), רוזינה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
48
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection