Testimony of Malka (Shpilman) Sigmond, born in Belusa, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Zilina, Vyhne, Nove Mesto, and using a false identity in Lubietova

Testimony of Malka (Shpilman) Sigmond, born in Belusa, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Zilina, Vyhne, Nove Mesto and using a false identity in Lubietova From a traditional family; cultural life including participation in a choir; attends a Jewish elementary school and high school; learns to be a seamstress; membership in Maccabi Hatzair. Deportation to the Zilina camp, 1942; camp life; transfer to Vyhne; camp life including joining the camp infirmary staff, 1942; marriage; deportation to Poland; smuggling food and jewelry via a German soldier; escape from the camp and birth of her daughter, 1944; return to her parents' home in Nove Mesto; escape to Lubietova; using a forged identity card with the name Zubek; life using the false identity; liberation by the Red Army. Hidden by the estate owner; leaving her baby with Zuzanna Filadelfova, who was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, 2002; in hiding in the forest; move to Kalinovka; life with her cousin; return to Zuzanna; her parents' deaths; her sister's return from Bergen-Belsen; another son's birth; aliya to Israel, 1949; life in Ramat David.