Testimony of Ita (Rubinstein) Kaufman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof, Dresden, a death march and Theresienstadt

Testimony of Ita (Rubinstein) Kaufman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof, Dresden, a death march and Theresienstadt Life before the war; traditional family; witness attends a Jewish school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life including work in sewing workshops and rope factories; capture of her sister, 1942; liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto, summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life with her mother; transfer to Stutthof with women from the Lodz Ghetto; camp life with her mother including labor in a metal factory; transfer with women to Dresden, late 1944; life in Dresden including labor in an ammunitions factory; labor on a machine on the night shift; air-raids on Dresden; evacuation from Dresden for a short time; death march without food or water; march along the length of the Elbe River; transfer to Theresienstadt; life in Theresienstadt including labor spraying a hospital; liberation, May 1945. Return to Poland with her mother; life in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1950.