Testimony of Tova Tola (Miler) Edelshtein, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Chmielnik Ghetto, Skarzysko, Czestochowa, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen
Testimony of Tova Tola (Miler) Edelshtein, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Chmielnik Ghetto, Skarzysko, Czestochowa, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen
Testimony
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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item Id
7211046
First Name
Tola
Tova
Last Name
Edelshtein
Edelstein
Maiden Name
Miler
Date of Birth
13/12/1924
Place of Birth
Chmielnik, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives