Testimony of Matla (Kleiner) Blander, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in Hrubieszow, Budzyn, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Thersienstadt

Testimony of Matla (Kleiner) Blander, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in Hrubieszow, Budzyn, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Thersienstadt Life before the war; attends a Polish school and a Beit Yaacov school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; German occupation, 1941; air-raids by the German Army; life in Hrubieszow including escape of Jews to the Soviet Union; establishment of the Judenrat; Jewish police activities; deportation of the Jews by Ukrainians in uniform and hiding in an attic; another deportation and finding a hiding place in the Judenrat building; draft of Jewish men to forced labor cleaning; ritual slaughter of animals in secret by her father and selling the meat; remaining in Hrubieszow during a deportation, 1942; life including gardening and knitting sweaters for Gestapo members; death of her sister during an attempted escape from deportation; deportation of her father to Majdanek; deportation to Budzyn, 1943; camp life including labor in an office; transfer with her mother to Majdanek; camp life including labor in the laundry; transfer on foot to Auschwitz; camp life including air-raids on the camp by the Allied forces; transfer with members of the orchestra to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including labor in an aircraft factory; transfer to Theresienstadt; life in Theresienstadt including typhus and pneumonia; treatment of the sick by the Red Cross; liberation by the Red Army. Life in Theresienstadt including receiving medical treatment and food; return to Poland; escape to Germany; life in Germany including marriage; aliya to Israel.