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Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen

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Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen Life before the war. At a convalescent home with the outbreak of the war; illness and hospitalization in Radogoszcz; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in the soup kitchen; deportation to Auschwitz via the Czerniejewo transit camp; transfer to Freiburg in Schlesien; camp life; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to the Gypsy Camp on foot; liberation by the US Army. Return to Lodz; murder of Jews by Poles; immigration to the west with help from a Zionist organization.
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3764036
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Rachela
Rakhela
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Grunis
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14/04/1918
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Lodz, Poland
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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20/07/1999
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20/07/1999
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GRUNIS RACHELA
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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