Testimony of Tova (Libovitz) Taub, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto and camps

Testimony of Tova (Libovitz) Taub, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto and camps Childhood; her mother dies; her father's remarriage; life in an ultra-Orthodox home in Satu Mare. German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto; the transport to Auschwitz by train; murder of a new-born baby; transfer to Plaszow camp; forced labor; despair and loneliness; encouragement and help from a female friend; transfer back to Auschwitz, September 1944; hunger; roll-calls; punishments; the block elder; transfer to the clinic; medical experiments in the clinic; evacuation to Guben labor camp, October 1944; death march to Bergen-Belsen camp lasting two weeks, January 1945; conditions in the camp; liberation. Move to an aliya training facility after a few months; marriage; aliya attempt on the ship, "Af-Al-Pi-Chen"; detention in Cyprus by the British; aliya; starts a large family.