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Testimony of Rachel Rachela (Horovitz) Shlezinger, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, hidden by Poles near Mirow and with the partisans

Testimony
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Testimony of Rachel Rachela (Horovitz) Shlezinger, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, hidden by Poles near Mirow and with the partisans Life before the war; move to Lwow; return before the outbreak of the war. Decrees; deportation to the Czestochowa Ghetto, 1942; transfer to the small ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a metal factory; escape from the Czestochowa Ghetto, 1943; life hidden by Poles near Mirow; help from Poles; joins the partisans; liberation by the Red Army, 18 January 1944. Deaths of her parents, sisters and their families in Treblinka; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Enzo Sereni" via Romania and Italy, 1946; starts a family.
item Id
5731034
First Name
Rachel
Rachela
Rakhela
Last Name
Shlezinger
Maiden Name
Horovitz
Date of Birth
31/10/1922
Place of Birth
Czestochowa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/06/06
Date of Creation - latest
04/06/06
Name of Submitter
שלזינגר הורוביץ רחל רחלה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository