Testimony of Chava (Bruck) Michaeli, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Braunschwieg camp, Bergen-Belsen and other
Testimony of Chava (Bruck) Michaeli, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Braunschwieg camp, Bergen-Belsen and other
Testimony
Testimony of Chava (Bruck) Michaeli, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Braunschwieg camp, Bergen-Belsen and other
Life before the war; daughter in a Zionist family; activities in the Jewish national Fund, JNF and Hashomer Hatziar.
Outbreak of the war; escape to Sombor; air-raids; Hungarian occupation; German occupation, 1944; evades deportation due to foreign citizenship; deportation to Baja; transfer via train towards Austria; stop at the station in Gaenserndorf; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to the sick platform due to her health; evades selection by Dr. Josef Mengele, 03 October 1944; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; transfer to Braunschweig; camp life including labor clearing rubble; transfer to Waffenwerstatt; life in Waffenwerstatt including labor; transfer to Ravensbrueck; life in Ravensbrueck including labor; liberation in Wesenberg; return to Sombor.
Life in Sombor including search for family; life in Yugoslavia; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
5913992
First Name
Chava
Khava
Last Name
Bruck
Bruk
Michaeli
Mikhaeli
Maiden Name
Bruk
Date of Birth
1928
Place of Birth
Beograd, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives