Testimony of Hadasa Heda (Zainvel) Dagan, born in Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Kezmarok, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt Glewe

Testimony of Hadasa Heda (Zainvel) Dagan, born in Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Kezmarok, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt Glewe Good relations with the neighbors during her childhood. Outbreak of the war; meeting with Jewish refugees from Poland; disbelief of the information supplied by the refugees; robbery of property; deportation of approximately 1,000 young women to Auschwitz just before Pesach (late March-early April) 1942; camp life including harsh physical labor; support and mutual help among the female inmates; transfer to the Canada Kommando after about one year; adherence to her religious faith in the camp; humane treatment by the German foreman; assigned the job of Messenger (Lauferin) for a few months; death march to Ravensbrueck; transfer to Neustadt Glewe; life in Ravensbrueck and Neustadt Glewe under the supervision of the German Army including more humane treatment and being given extra food every so often; liberation by the Red Army. Rape attempts by the Red Army soldiers; protection given by a Soviet Jewish commander; return to Czechoslovakia; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.