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Testimony of Rachel Anna (Taub) Kaufman, born in Tokaj, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in the Tokaj Ghetto, Satoraljaujhely, Auschwitz, on a death march, Reichenbach and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Rachel Anna (Taub) Kaufman, born in Tokaj, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in the Tokaj Ghetto, Satoraljaujhely, Auschwitz, on a death march, Reichenbach and other places Life before the war; from a religious family; attends a Jewish school and a Hungarian school; displays of antisemitism. Her father is deported to a labor battalion; German occupation, March 1944; restrictions on the Jews; deportation to the Tokaj Ghetto; liquidation of the Tokaj Ghetto; transfer to Satoraljaujhely; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including separation from her family; labor sorting the clothing of those murdered; death march to Reichenbach; camp life; labor in a factory producing aircraft lighting; liquidation of Reichenbach; transfer to Bandret on foot; camp life; transfer to Hamburg; camp life; liberation with help from Folke Bernadotte, head of the Swedish Red Cross. Move to Denmark; move to Sweden; life in Italy; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
item Id
6756768
First Name
Anna
Rachel
Last Name
Kaufman
Maiden Name
Taub
Date of Birth
25/07/1929
Place of Birth
Tokaj, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
14/11/07
Date of Creation - latest
14/11/07
Name of Submitter
Kaufman Rachel
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository