Ruth Aloni Epstein

Testimony of Ruth (Lindner) Epstein Aloni, born in Ratibor, Germany, 1929, regarding her experiences in Ratibor during Kristallnacht and on the ship “Patria” off the shores of Haifa Life before the Nazi rise to power; ant-Jewish decrees. Kristallnacht, 1938; expulsion from school; aliya of her sister to Eretz Israel, 1938; deportation of her father to Buchenwald; release of her father; restrictions on Jews; move to Vienna, 1940; move to Slovakia; move to Romania. Aliya attempt; fighing against the British off the shores of Haifa; forced boarding onto the ship "Patria"; blowing up of the ship; wounding of her father; life in Atlit detention camp; release; studies; life on Beit Yitzhak; marriage; starts a family.