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