Testimony of Klara (Einhorn) Roth, born in Valea Lu Mihai, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz and Salzwedel

Testimony of Klara (Einhorn) Roth, born in Valea Lu Mihai, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz and Salzwedel Life before the war in Ermihalyfalva; attends a Jewish school and a Romanian school; studies to be a seamstress; membership in youth movements Hamizrachi, Hanoar Hatzioni and Wizo Hatzair. Re-annexation to Hungary; confiscation of Jewish owned businesses; termination of Zionist activities; draft of the men for forced labor; displays of antisemitism; deportation to the Oradea Ghetto, 05 April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Salzwedel; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; attitude of the German supervisers; receives food from French POWs; closure the factory; Allied forces air-raids; labor clearing away rubble; the Germans flee; rescue by the French POWs; liberation by the US Army. Convalescence in Bergen-Belsen; return home, November 1945; her siblings' survival; marriage and the births of two children; life under Communist rule; aliya to Israel, 1964.