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Testimony of Ruth (Shpira) Galili, born in Kielce, 1931, regarding her experiences in Kielce, Wierzbnik Strachow Ghetto, Majowka, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps
Testimony of Ruth (Shpira) Galili, born in Kielce, 1931, regarding her experiences in Kielce, Wierzbnik Strachow Ghetto, Majowka, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps
Life with her mother and sister in Wierzbnik Strachowice.
Ghetto life; deportation to Majowka labor camp before the deportation of the children; transfer to Auschwitz; witness escapes, naked, from a group of female inmates about to be sent to the gas chambers; witness takes the advice of the block elder and joins a group of female inmates who are about to be sent to Bergen-Belsen; survival, helped by two female acquaintances and two aunts.
After the liberation, witness lives in the Bergen-Belsen staff quarters.
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item Id
3740417
First Name
Rut
Ruth
Last Name
Galili
Maiden Name
Shpira
Date of Birth
1931
Place of Birth
Kielce, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
7851
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
27/03/1995
Date of Creation - latest
27/03/1995
Name of Submitter
גלילי (שפירא), רות
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
26
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection