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