Ester Fogler

Testimony of Ester (Nisenholc) Fogler, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and life using a false identity in Poland and Vienna Her immediate family; her father's work; way of life at home; religious holidays at home; school; relations with the neighbors; her father's family. Air-raids on Warsaw; escape from the residential areas; murder of hostages, including her father; escape of her sisters to the Soviet Union; sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto; life in the small ghetto; death of children from starvation; burial of the children; her brother is handed over to a German by a Jewish policeman; murder of her brother; transfer to the large ghetto; typhus; forced labor in the Schultz factory; attitude of the guards; change of her identity; move to the Aryan side; life as a Christian; move to the home of a Christian family; threat of being handed over to the Gestapo; burning of the Warsaw Ghetto; work in a coffee house; life in a convent; eviction from the convent; work for the Todt organization in Vienna, as a Christian; murder of Jewish female clerks; move to the border between Austria and Hungary; work in a kitchen and in cleaning; liberation by the British Army. Distribution of food to German POWs; meets a Jewish soldier; illegal move to Italy; joins aliiya training; hepatitis; stay in Paris; aliya to Israel, 1948; establishment of Kibbutz Neve Ilan; marriage, 1950; starts a family.