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Testimony of Roma Ben-Atar, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Roma Ben-Atar, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places Life before the war. Deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; education until June 1942; life on a farm near Lowicz, January 1942; return to the Warsaw Ghetto; transfer to the privileged camp to produce army uniforms, October 1942; return to the Warsaw Ghetto, January 1943; capture, May 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor in the Canada Kommando; death march, 08 January 1945; transfer to Ravensbrueck; transfer to another camp (the name is unclear - Mehlhof?); camp life including labor in a subterranean weapons factory and a forest; liberation, May 1945. Search for relatives; aliya to Israel via Marseilles on the ship, "Providence", 22 May 1948.
item Id
4065570
First Name
Roma
Last Name
Ben Atar
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Warszawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
29/10/1995
Date of Creation - latest
23/11/1995
Name of Submitter
בן-עטר, רומה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video