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Testimony of Agi Ilana Hershkowitz, born in Sighet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oswiecim and Malchow

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Testimony of Agi Ilana Hershkowitz, born in Sighet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oswiecim and Malchow Life before the war. Annexation to Hungary; life under Hungarian occupation; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Sighet Ghetto; ghetto life; forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor in the Aussen Kommando; blowing up of the crematoria; transfer to Oswiecim, winter 1944; life in Oswiecim and labor sewing; death march to Ravensbrueck, October 1944; transfer to Malchow; disease; liberation by the Red Army in Brandenburg. Return to Sighet; marriage and aliya to Israel via Germany, 1949.
item Id
3741332
First Name
Agi
Ilana
Last Name
Hershkovitz
Date of Birth
1923
Place of Birth
Sighet, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
07/02/1996
Date of Creation - latest
07/02/1996
Name of Submitter
הרשקוביץ, אגי אילנה
Original
YES
Location of Originals
Yad Vashem Archives
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection