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Testimony of Tova Veis, born in Tarna Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Hust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Danzig

Testimony
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Testimony of Tova Veis, born in Tarna Mare, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Hust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Danzig Religious family; life before the war; move to Hust; attends school; the Jewish community; death of her mother and grandfather. Decrees; remarriage of her father; confiscation of valuables; deportation to the Hust Ghetto; shearing of her father's beard; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her step-mother who was sent for extermination; camp life; transfer to Stutthof; transfer to Danzig; camp life and forced labor building an airfield; death march; liberation by the Red Army. Hospitalization; life in Budapest; move to Paris; detention on suspicion of spying; aliya to Israel, 1949.
item Id
5265777
First Name
Tova
Last Name
Veis
Date of Birth
16/04/1925
Place of Birth
Tarna Mare, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
06/01/05
Date of Creation - latest
06/01/05
Name of Submitter
וייס טובה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection