Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen
Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen
Testimony
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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item Id
3764036
First Name
Rachela
Rakhela
Last Name
Grunis
Date of Birth
14/04/1918
Place of Birth
Lodz, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives