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Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Vester) Itzik, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bedzin and in Auschwitz

Testimony
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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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5747214
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Roza
Ruzha
Shoshana
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Itzik
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Vester
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03/07/1925
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Będzin, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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03/07/06
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03/07/06
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איציק וסטר שושנה רוזה
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection