Testimony of Rivka Elizabet (Akerman) Zahavi, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Bendorf and other places

Testimony of Rivka Elizabet (Akerman) Zahavi, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Bendorf and other places Life before the war; death of her father, 1936; death of her mother, 1937; receives help from the Jewish community. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; revocation of the family's business license, 1942; expulsion of Jewish children from the school; attends an improvised Jewish school; closure of the synagogues; receives help from the JDC organization; receives knowledge regarding the murder of the Jews from an inmate who escaped from Auschwitz camp; displays of antisemitism by the Hungarian population; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Berehovo Ghetto in a brick factory; Berehovo Ghetto life including robbery of property; smuggle of food into the ghetto by her sister; deportation to Auschwitz, late April 1944; camp life including labor sorting clothes; sells clothing in exchange for food; recitation of prayers by heart; transfer to Ravensbrueck, November 1944; life in Ravensbrueck without labor; transfer to Bendorf; life in Bendorf including labor in an ammunitions factory; finds a hiding place in a crate in the factory due to pneumonia; transfer to Eidelstedt; camp life including a visit by Folke Bernadotte (chairman of the Swedish Red Cross), March 1945; liberation with help from Folke Bernadotte. Move to Sweden; move to Malmo; life in Malmo including physical and mental rehabilitation; aliya to Israel, 1949.