Testimony of Regina Rikla (Milstein) Vinograd, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, using a false identity, in hiding in a village and in Arnstadt

Testimony of Regina Rikla (Milstein) Vinograd, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, using a false identity, in hiding in a village and in Arnstadt Life in Lublin before the war; family with many children; traditional family. Shelling of Lublin, September 1939; German occupation; kidnapping of Jews on the streets; anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; establishment of a Judenrat; deportation of her father to forced labor; abuse of Jews; escape to a village with her family; life in the village while using a false identity, spring 1940; informed on and receives abuse and beatings; escape to a hiding place in a pigsty; deportation and then escape back to Lublin; life in Lublin; volunteers for labor in Germany while using a false identity, 1942; transfer to Arnstadt on a train; life in Arnstadt including labor in a weapons factory; arrival of the US Army. Move to Switzerland; confinement camp life in Switzerland, 1945; life in Lugano with the Hechalutz movement, 1947; illegally crosses the border into Italy; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "[Chaim] Arlozorov" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, February 1949.