Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945

Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945 Life before the war; traditional family; life until 1938. Anschluss; dismissal of her father from the public service; Kristallnacht; finds a hiding place; rescue with the help of a gatekeeper; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1939; escape of her father to Yugoslavia; escape with her mother on a cattle train; jumps from the train; escape with the family to Samobor; life in Samobor under the protection of the Jewish community in a hotel; attends school; outbreak of the war, April 1941; transfer by foot by the Ustasha with refugees; transfer with not much food to the Island of Rab; camp life under Italian rule; escape with the surrender of Italy, autumn 1943; escape in the direction of the partisans; deterioration of her health; air-raids; receives help from a rabbi[?] from Randolph Churchill [?]. Aliya to Eretz Israel with help from the British on a British war ship, 1945.