Testimony of Lea (Shaiovitz) Kravi, born in Wola-Michowa, 1922, regarding her experiences in Slovakia, Auschwitz and a death march
Her family; community and institutions.
Outbreak of the war; attempt to escape; illegally crosses the border into Slovakia with a group of young women, December 1939; absorption of the young women by Jewish communities in Slovakia; joins the Hechalutz movement in Zilina; joins aliya training; deportation to Auschwitz, April 1942; camp life until early 1945; acquaintance with camp functionaries in Auschwitz; meets Mala Zimetbaum; capture and suicide of Mala Zimetbaum; death march to Leipzig camp; forced labor in a weapons factory; escape to the forest during the evacuation of the camp; liberation by the US Army.
Aliya to Eretz Israel, August 1945.
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3564195
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Lea
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Karbi
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Shaiovitz
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1922
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Wola Michowa, Poland
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Testimony
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9778
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives