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Testimony of Ruth Rita (Bornstein) Rubin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Warsaw, Brzesc Nam Bugiem, Siberia and Vashinka
Testimony
Testimony of Ruth Rita (Bornstein) Rubin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Warsaw, Brzesc Nam Bugiem, Siberia and Vashinka
Life in Warsaw before the war; her father is a Bund activist.
Outbreak of the war, September 1939; air-raids on Warsaw; escape to the Soviet Union; crossing the Bug river; escape to Brzesc Nad Bugiem; her father's escape back to Warsaw; murder of her father; deportation to Siberia with her mother; life in Siberia including work logging trees; putting up barracks; release, 1941; escape to Vashinka; life in a Polish orphanage in Vashinka, 1942-1946.
Return to Poland; life in DP camps in Austria; life in DP camps in Germany; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
6816670
First Name
Rita
Rut
Ruth
Last Name
Rubin
Maiden Name
Bornshtein
Bornstein
Date of Birth
07/09/1932
Place of Birth
Warszawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
21/11/07
Date of Creation - latest
21/11/07
Name of Submitter
Rubin Ruth
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection