Testimony of Rywa (Ehrenberg) Abramowitz, born in Krakow, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences as a young child in the Krakow Ghetto, Bochnia, in a protected house for orphaned children in Budapest and Bergen-Belsen
From a religious family; life before the war.
German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; rescue of the family from deportation; in hiding during the final liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto; deportation to Bochnia; camp life; transfer to Budapest with help from smugglers; life in a protected house for orphaned children; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on the Kasztner train; camp life; liberation.
Move to St. Gallen; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
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item Id
3564910
First Name
Riva
Rywa
Last Name
Abramovitz
Abramowitz
Maiden Name
Ehrenberg
Erenberg
Date of Birth
1935
Place of Birth
Krakow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives