Testimony of Yolan Henci (Weisz) Kesztelman, born in Forgolan, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Fallersleben and Salzwedel
Testimony of Yolan Henci (Weisz) Kesztelman, born in Forgolan, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Fallersleben and Salzwedel
Testimony
Testimony of Yolan Henci (Weisz) Kesztelman, born in Forgolan, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding her experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Fallersleben and Salzwedel
Life before the war; her father is a trader.
Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; cancelation of the family's business license; work of her parents farming; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Selvus Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor making gravel and washing the sewers; information of families from Czechoslovakia who perished; her sister became a mother figure; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including injury to her sister; transfer to Fallersleben; camp life including labor in a Volkswagen factory; transfer to Salzwedel; camp life; liberation by the US Army.
Return to Forgolan; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
5466344
First Name
Henci
Hentzi
Yolan
Last Name
Kestelman
Kesztelman
Maiden Name
Veis
Weisz
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Forgolan, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives