Testimony of Rita (Dvorman) Gotman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, the Warsaw Ghetto and in hiding outside the ghetto

Testimony of Rita (Dvorman) Gotman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, the Warsaw Ghetto and in hiding outside the ghetto Life before the war; assimilated well-to-do family; identifies with Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war; rejection of help from the Romanian consul; Soviet occupation; restrictions on Jewish businesses; sending of parcels to Siberia; arrest and murder of her father; temporary living quarters at their maid's who is originally from Germany; escape to Warsaw; difficulties in entering the sealed ghetto; ghetto life; attends a school for converted children; "Aktions" and removal of the Jews from the ghetto; receives work permits; "Aktion" in the workshop; rescue with her mother and sisters; escape from the ghetto; hidden by a Polish officer's wife in exchange for payment; life in hiding; receives forged documents; in hiding with an assumed name; life in hiding in the wardrobe; liberation by the Red Army. Life in refugee camps in Italy; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.