Testimony of Rachel (Barel) Wishna, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and in Stutthof, Klooga and Bromberg camps
Religious family; death of her father; witness attends a "Tarbut" school.
Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, June 1941; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto; Kaunas Ghetto life; deportation to Klooga camp, 1943; transfer to Stutthof; liberation in Bromberg, January 1945.
Feldafing DP camp life; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.
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item Id
4318101
First Name
Rachel
Last Name
Vishnia
Wishna
Maiden Name
Barel
Berel
Date of Birth
1923
Place of Birth
Kaunas, Lithuania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives