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Testimony of Naomi Fuerst, born in Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Presov, Liptovsky-Hradok and Ravensbrueck

Testimony
Testimony of Naomi Fuerst, born in Presov, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Presov, Liptovsky-Hradok and Ravensbrueck Life before the war; displays of antisemitism, 1941; hiding Polish Jews en route to Hungary. Rescue from deportation on "Black Saturday"; deportation of the Jews, 1942; escape to Hungary, March 1943; her parents' visit in Kosice; return to Presov, April 1944; escape to Liptovsky-Hradok; return to Presov; discovery of their hiding place by the Slovakian police, November 1944; interrogation by the Gestapo of the people who were in hiding ; deportation to Ravensbrueck, November 1944; death march; liberation by the Red Army. Move to a refugee camp in Breslau; retrurn to Presov; joins Hashomer Hazair; life with an aliya training group in Kosice; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
3564947
First Name
Naomi
Last Name
First
Fuerst
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Presov, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
10393
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
20/03/1997
Date of Creation - latest
20/03/1997
Name of Submitter
פירסט נעמי
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
44
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection