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Testimony of Frania (Zaks) Rosenfeld, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the open ghetto in Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, Graeben and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Frania (Zaks) Rosenfeld, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the open ghetto in Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, Graeben and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional family; life before the war. German occupation, September 1939; abuse of religious Jews; distribution of food ration coupons; hanging of Jewish merchants; concentration of the Jews and selection; deportation of some members of her family for annihilation; return home; establishment of the open ghetto; work in a workshop; obtains a work card; orders to move to the closed ghetto in Srodula; capture by the Jewish militia; deportation to Graeben, 1942; camp life including labor in a linen factory; approach of the Soviet front; death march; transfer to Bergen Belsen by train, January 1945; camp life including typhus; her sister's death; liberation by the British Army. Breaking into the clothing warehouse; cleaning the camp and destruction of the barracks; help from Jewish organizations; meets Jewish Brigde soldiers; aliya to Israel, April 1949.
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7037423
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Frania
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Rosenfeld
Rozenfeld
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Zaks
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23/09/1922
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Sosnowiec, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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05/03/08
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05/03/08
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Rosenfeld Frania
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection