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Testimony of Varda Rosa (Kaufman) Krausz, born in Csenger, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Csenger Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Varda Rosa (Kaufman) Krausz, born in Csenger, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Csenger Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; attends an Evangelist high school; studies in Budapest, 1937. German occupation, 1944; termination of studies; escape to her family's home; yellow badge; confiscation of land; confiscation of property and valuables; hiding of property; ban on contact with non-Jewish neighbors; deportation to the Csenger Ghetto; Csenger Ghetto life in the home of a family member; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Plaszow by train; camp life; labor as a translator from German to Hungarian; labor paving a path to a hospital; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life, August 1944; endures beatings; transfer to Guben; camp life including labor in the Lorenz Fabrik factory; labor producing radio apparatus; approach of the war front; transfer to Bergen-Belsen by train and on foot; camp life; liberation by the British Army. Life in Malmo in a hospital and a convalescence home, 1945; return to her family's home; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet, 1948.
item Id
6953543
First Name
Rosa
Roza
Varda
Last Name
Kraus
Krausz
Maiden Name
Kaufman
Date of Birth
22/07/1923
Place of Birth
Csenger, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
07/11/07
Date of Creation - latest
07/11/07
Name of Submitter
Krauss Kaufman Rosa Varda
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection