Edit Eibenshitz

Testimony of Edit (Veis) Ibnshitz, born in Alesd, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Varad Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Hochweiler Life before the war; the family owns a hotel and a cafe; death of three sisters from diphtheria. German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Varad Ghetto; deportation of her parents to forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; camp life; murder of her parents; transfer to a labor camp; transfer to a labor group under the command of the German Army in Hochweiler; life in a roof tile factory; labor digging anti-tank trenches; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Finds work; return to Alesd, August 1945; recuperation of her family's business; marriage, 1947; aliya to Israel with her daughter onboard the ship "Transylvania", 1950.