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Testimony of Elizabeth Bates, born in Gabin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and using a false identity in Warsaw

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Testimony of Elizabeth Bates, born in Gabin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and using a false identity in Warsaw Zionist, traditional family; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; knowledge regarding the deportation of Jews from Germany, 1938. Outbreak of the war; escape to Warsaw; return to Gabin; escape to the Warsaw Ghetto with her father; Warsaw Ghetto life including labor in a workshop sewing uniforms and in a children's hospital; acquaintanceship with Janusz Korczak; death of her father due to typhus disease; escape from the Warsaw Ghetto; life while using a false identity as a caregiver for children; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; deportation on trains to death camps; escape from the train; difficult meeting with Soviet soldiers. Return to Gabin; displays of antisemitism in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1968.
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7072527
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Elizabet
Elizabeth
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Bates
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14/04/1927
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Gabin, Poland
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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03/03/08
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03/03/08
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Bates Elizabeth
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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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