Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck

Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck Life before the war; move to Chorzow with her family; life in Chorzow. Outbreak of the war; escape to Zawiercie; life in Zawiercie including confiscation of property by the Germans; deportation to forced labor; deportation to the Zawiercie Ghetto; ghetto life including Judenrat and Jewish police activities; plucking of Jewish men's beards; murder of Jews; armband and yellow badge; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including selection and separation from her parents; murder of her parents and brother; labor in a weapons factory; daily march to her work place to the accompaniment of an orchestra; illness and hospitalization; Red Army air-raid on the camp; death march including shooting of inmates; food from the local population; transfer to Ravensbrueck; camp life; liberation, 1945. Move to Denmark; move to Sweden; life in Sweden; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel as part of Aliyah Bet; detention on Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.