Testimony of Eti Berkovitz, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Tacovo, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salzwedel
Testimony of Eti Berkovitz, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Tacovo, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salzwedel
Testimony
Testimony of Eti Berkovitz, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Tacovo, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salzwedel
Life in Tacovo before the war; hasidic family; attends a state school until 1938.
Re-annexation to Hungary; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; camp life; transfer to Salzwedel, 1944; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; rescue by a female SS officer named Annalise Schmidt; liberation by the US Army, May 1945.
Return to her family's home; life in her family's home including reunion with her father and brother; aliya to Israel on the "Transylvania" ship, 1948.
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6784060
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Eta
Eti
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Berkovitz
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1923
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Tacovo, Czechoslovakia
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives