Testimony of Ibolya (Adler) Mihaly, born in Szinervaralja, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Satmar Ghetto, Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen and Soemmerda

Testimony of Ibolya (Adler) Mihaly, born in Szinervaralja, Romania, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Satmar Ghetto, Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen and Soemmerda From a traditional family; her father is a shoemaker. Annexation to Hungary, autumn 1940; Zionist activities; displays of antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation; help to Jewish forced laborers from Hungary; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue, May 1944; deportation to the Satmar Ghetto; confiscation of property; deportation to Auschwitz, 19 May 1944; camp life; transfer to Gelsenkirchen, July 1944; camp life including forced labor clearing away rubble, digging trenches and porterage; contacts with Italian POWs; deaths of inmates due to British air-raids; transfer to Soemmerda; camp life, including forced labor manufacturing ammunition; Allied forces air-raids; illness; death march; liberation, 09 May 1945. Return to Romania; marriage; aliya to Israel, 1971; absorption and rehabilitation.