Testimony of Rachel (Michles) Toker, born in Vilna, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Strazdumuiza, Stutthof and other places

Testimony of Rachel (Michles) Toker, born in Vilna, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Strazdumuiza, Stutthof and other places Life in Vilna before the war; education. Soviet occupation, 1939; deportation of family and friends to Siberia; escape of Jews to the Soviet Union; German occupation, June 1941; Lithuanian collaborators; confiscation of valuables and property; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life; murder of Jews at Ponary; "Aktions"; obtains a worker's permit; forced labor; deportation of Jews to Estonia including her father; murder of her father; Judenrat and Jewish police activities; transfer to Riga; deportation to Kaiserwald; camp life; transfer to Strazdumuiza with her sister; camp life; transfer to Stutthof; life in Stutthof; transfer to Magdeburg; camp life including marching to her work place; Red Army approach; death march to Brandenburg; life in Brandenburg including air-raids and injuries of people; finds a hiding place in a bunker in a forest; life in Brandenburg; liberation by the Red Army. Meets Jewish soldiers serving in the Red Army; return to Vilna with her sister; move to Marseilles; aliya to Israel, 1957.