Testimony of Rachel (Veitzman) Cohen, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Bedzin, Sosnowiec, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrueck and other camps
Her father is among the founders of the Beit Yaakov school for girls; life before the war.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Bedzin Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to Sosnowiec camp; return to the Bedzin Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life,including labor sewing and in agriculture; rescue from death by a German soldier; death march in the direction of Gleiwitz; transfer to Ravensbrueck; camp life; transfer to Neustadt Glewe; camp life; liberation by the Red Army.
Move to Echteld; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; move to Paris; activities in the Borochov and Dror movements; move to work in the Les Andelys orphanage; aliya to Israel, 1948; absorption; her son is killed in action during the Yom Kippur war.
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Rachel
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Cohen
Kohen
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Veitzman
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1924
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Bฤdzin, Poland
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12478
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives