Testimony of Aviva Alida Henriete (Rodelsheim) Duizend Ben Heled, born in Watergraafsmeer, the Netherlands, 1915, regarding her experiences in the underground in Rotterdam, and in Westerbork, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt Glewe

Testimony of Aviva Alida Henriete (Rodelsheim) Duizend Ben Heled, born in Watergraafsmeer, the Netherlands, 1915, regarding her experiences in the underground in Rotterdam, and in Westerbork, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Neustadt Glewe Activities in the "Zichron Yaakov" Hamizrachi movement; joins an aliya training "kibbutz" in Loosdrecht, 1938. German occupation, 1940; move to a Youth Aliyah home; hidden by Christian families with help form the underground; activities in the underground in Rotterdam to assemble the pioneers before they are smuggled from the Netherlands; detention by Gestapo men; deportation to Westerbork and Auschwitz; tattooing of number 76131; death march and transfer by train to Ravensbrueck; receives number 10.2168; transfer to Neustadt Glewe camp; tuberculosis illness and hospitalization in a hospital; liberation by the French Army and the arrival of the US Army [in actuality, the liberation of the camp was by the Red Army]. Return to Amsterdam; hospitalization in a hospital; reunion with her family members; move to a sanitarium in Davos; aliya to Israel on the "Negbah" ship, 1950. Second interview with the witness: Activities of the Dutch underground, composed of Jews and Christians; fate of members of the underground; witness possesses British citizenship which affords her immunity and relief.