Testimony of Bela (Weinberg) Tanchelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzingen

Testimony of Bela (Weinberg) Tanchelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzingen Traditional family; family of music enthusiasts. German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; attends high school; arrival of her uncle's family to the Lodz Ghetto from Germany; suicide of her aunt; labor in a horse harness factory; deportation to Auschwitz, autumn 1944; selection by Mengele; camp life including playing the accordion for the camp command; transfer to Lenzingen, winter 1945; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; receives extra food due to her singing of operas; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Sets sail on the "Palmach" ship and aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; marriage; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.