Testimony of Hela (Loks) Beck, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, in hiding and Auschwitz

Testimony of Hela (Loks) Beck, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, in hiding and Auschwitz Life in Sosnowiec before the war; from a well-to-do family; relations with non-Jewish neighbors. Concern that her brothers might be drafted into the Polish Army; escape to family living in a village; bringing food to her family; restrictions on the Jews; life in Sosnowiec including concentration of the Jews in a schoolyard; deportation of Jews to camps; finds a hiding place in a cellar during deportations; separation from her mother; deportation to Auschwitz by train; camp life including labor in a cotton thread factory; selection by Dr. Josef Mengele; mutual help among the Jewish female inmates; liberation by the Red Army. Reunion with her sister; return to Sosnowiec with her sister; life in Sosnowiec including reunion with friends; move to France; aliya to Israel, 26 October 1948.