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Testimony of Chaia Hela (Helishevitz) Kaplan, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Warsaw, Kamionka, Auschwitz and other places
Testimony of Chaia Hela (Helishevitz) Kaplan, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Warsaw, Kamionka, Auschwitz and other places
From a secular family; attends a Polish elementary school; joins Hashomer Hatzair.
Witness' father is drafted into the Polish Army and taken captive; her father's escape; meeting with her father; burning of the synagogue by the Germans; deportation of the family to the open ghetto; ghetto life including ...
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item Id
5929702
First Name
Chaia
Hela
Last Name
Kaplan
Maiden Name
Helishevitz
Date of Birth
05/04/1925
Place of Birth
Będzin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12891
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
05/10/06
Date of Creation - latest
05/10/06
Name of Submitter
קפלן הלישביץ חיה הלה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
40
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video