Testimony of Rochel (Farkash) Herskovice, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Terezin

Testimony of Rochel (Farkash) Herskovice, born in Slatinske Doly, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Terezin Zionist, traditional family; aliya training in preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938-1939. German occupation, 1939; ban on employment of Jews; detention by the Gestapo; move to a pioneering women's home in Prague; deportation to Terezin on transport BF 999; confiscation of belongings and valuables; life in an attic in the Hamburger Kasern military camp; labor in a Glimmer factory; visit in camp by the Red Cross; arrival of the Bialystok children; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Care of people ill with typhus; looting of the storerooms by the Soviet soldiers; receives food packages from the Red Cross; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; visit in Slatinske Doly; legal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Transylvania" ship; participation in the War of Independence; life on Kibbutz Gvar'am.