Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Vester) Itzik, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bedzin and in Auschwitz
Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Vester) Itzik, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bedzin and in Auschwitz
Testimony
Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Vester) Itzik, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bedzin and in Auschwitz
Life before the war; witness' father owns a bakery; her mother is a dressmaker; commercial and social contacts with the Polish population.
Outbreak of the war; in hiding in the cellar of the mother of a Polish female friend; attitude of the surrounding population; return to Bedzin; "Aktion"; murder of all the members of her family; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor in the laundry and sewing workshop; liberation.
Life in a DP camp in Germany; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
5747214
First Name
Roza
Ruzha
Shoshana
Last Name
Itzik
Maiden Name
Vester
Date of Birth
03/07/1925
Place of Birth
Będzin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives