Testimony of Hinda Hela (Kornfeld) Lichtman, born in Kivjazd, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Estonia and on a death march
Testimony of Hinda Hela (Kornfeld) Lichtman, born in Kivjazd, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Estonia and on a death march
Testimony
Testimony of Hinda Hela (Kornfeld) Lichtman, born in Kivjazd, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Estonia and on a death march
From a family of limited means; attends a Czech school; move to Kosice; life in Kosice including work as a housemaid.
Outbreak of the war; escape to Budapest; return to Kosice; deportation to the Kosice Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; transfer to Estonia; camp life including labor in an industrial oil factory and at digging; death march in the direction of Germany; liberation by the Red Army.
Aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Exodus", 1948; aliya, 1948.
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item Id
6101005
First Name
Hela
Hinda
Last Name
Lichtman
Likhtman
Maiden Name
Kornfeld
Date of Birth
11/12/1925
Place of Birth
Kivjazd, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives