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Testimony of Sara (Zalomon) Berkovitz, born in Zdunska Wola, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in Zdunska Wola, Lodz, Auschwitz and the Freiberg aircraft factory

Testimony
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Testimony of Sara (Zalomon) Berkovitz, born in Zdunska Wola, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in Zdunska Wola, Lodz, Auschwitz and the Freiberg aircraft factory From a wealthy religious family; attends a Beit Yaakov school and a local Polish high school. German occupation; family escapes in the direction of Warsaw; return via Lodz; deportation to the Zdunsk Wola Ghetto, 1942; ghetto life including her father's position on the Judenrat; liquidation of the ghetto; transfer to Lodz; life in hiding in an apartment in the Lodz Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; murder of the members of her family except for the witness and her sister; transfer to Freiberg with her sister; labor in an aircraft factory; transfer to Mauthausen; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Move to Czechoslovakia; move to Germany; marriage and birth of her daughter; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.
item Id
5344428
First Name
Sara
Last Name
Berkovitz
Maiden Name
Zalomon
Date of Birth
25/01/1917
Place of Birth
Zdunska Wola, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
08/03/05
Date of Creation - latest
08/03/05
Name of Submitter
ברקוביץ שרה
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