Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Haftka) Nehorai, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Kozminek Ghetto, Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz, Stutthof and other camps
Her childhood in an ultra-Orthodox family in Kozminek.
German occupation, 1939; fear, hunger and the disappearance of her father and sister; deportation to the Kozminek Ghetto; harsh ghetto life; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto; labor in the ghetto; disappearance of her sister Leah; deportation to Auschwitz with her mother and younger brother; separation from her mother; transfer to Stutthof; labor in agriculture; search for food; unsuccessful escape attempt; death march, winter 1944-1945; march in the snow; hunger; liberation by the Red Army.
Aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948; absorption in Israel.
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4436624
First Name
Roza
Shoshana
Last Name
Nahorai
Nehorai
Maiden Name
Haftka
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Kozminek, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12234
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives