Gerti Vest

Testimony

Testimony of Gerti (Goldman) Vest, born in Lodenice, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Ivancice and Theresienstadt Life on a farm in Bohemia. Deportation to Ivancice, 1938; aliya training with Maccabi Hatzair; deportation to Theresienstadt, April 1942; ghetto life including work as an activities coordinator and farm labor for the children; rescue from deportation to Auschwitz; liberation. Move to Switzerland, February 1945; aliya to Eretz Israel via Bari, September 1945.

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item Id

5604414

First Name

Gerti

Last Name

Vest

Maiden Name

Goldman

Date of Birth

30/05/1929

Place of Birth

Lodenice, Czechoslovakia

Type of material

Testimony

Language

Hebrew

Record Group

O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives

Date of Creation - earliest

20/09/05

Date of Creation - latest

20/09/05

Name of Submitter

וסט גרטי*

Original

YES

Interview Location

ISRAEL

Connected to Item

O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem

Form of Testimony

Video

Subjects

Hachshara, Aliya Training

Jewish Organizations

Youth Movements

Maccabi Hatzair

Deportation to the Ghettos

Persecution of the Jews of the Protectorate

Antisemitism - Czechoslovakia

Dedication

Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection