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Testimony of Rozia (Lederberger) Heimfeld, born in Krakow, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, in prison in Kosice, Miskolc and using a false identity in Budapest

Testimony of Rozia (Lederberger) Heimfeld, born in Krakow, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, in prison in Kosice, Miskolc and using a false identity in Budapest Life before the war; attends Beit Yaakov. German occupation; desecration of the Torah and abuse of Jews; escape to Niepolomice; deportation to the Bochnia Ghetto; escape with forged documents, May 1943; capture and detention near the Kosice; release; move to Budapest; arrival of her sister with her baby daughter; move to Miskolc; move of the sisters to Budapest, early 1944; life in Budapest using a Christian Polish identity until liberation. Move from Prague to Paris; marriage, 1949; emigration to Melbourne, Australia.
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3565580
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Rachel
Rozia
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Heimfeld
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Lederberger
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1918
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Krakow, Poland
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Testimony
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Yiddish
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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29/07/1997
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29/07/1997
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HEIMFELD (LEDERBERGER), ROZIA
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YES
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection