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Testimony of Tova Tola (Miler) Edelshtein, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Chmielnik Ghetto, Skarzysko, Czestochowa, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Tova Tola (Miler) Edelshtein, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Chmielnik Ghetto, Skarzysko, Czestochowa, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in Chmielnik in a traditional family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Chmielnik Ghetto life with her extended family; assembly with a group of young people, autumn 1942; deportation to Skarzysko; labor in camp B; transfer to Czestochowa, summer 1944; transfer to Ravensbrueck, late 1944; death march and transfer to Bergen-Belsen; typhus disease; liberation, 15 April 1945. Move to Sweden for convalescence; joins a "kibbutz"; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel.
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7211046
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Tola
Tova
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Edelshtein
Edelstein
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Miler
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13/12/1924
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Chmielnik, 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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11/06/08
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11/06/08
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Edelschtin Tola
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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