Testimony of Miriam Moskowitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Chust, the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, in Sweden and other places

Testimony of Miriam Moskowitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Chust, the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, in Sweden and other places Her childhood in a religious family including Yiddish studies in a Soviet school; non-participation in activities of the Hechalutz movement. German Army occupation of Chust, 1944; deportation of the Jews to the Chust Ghetto; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life including selection and labor in a linen factory in Neusalz; air-raids; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on a march that lasts six weeks; liberation by the British Army. Hospitalization in a hospital due to swelling on all parts of her body; move to Sweden; life in a convalescence home in Sweden, for one year; work in a rubber factory in Sweden; travel to Czechoslovakia, 1947; reunion with her two sisters; meets her [future] husband; aliya to Israel via Italy on the "Atzmaut" ship, 1949; life in Israel including work in agriculture.