Testimony of Esther Erzsebet (Weiss) Cohen, born in Sajovamos, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Upjest, in Auschwitz, Venusberg and Ravensbrueck camps, and in other places

Testimony of Esther Erzsebet (Weiss) Cohen, born in Sajovamos, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in Upjest, in Auschwitz, Venusberg and Ravensbrueck camps, and in other places Life before the war; move to Upjest with her family; life in Upjest. Transfer of her brother and brother-in-law to the war front in Ukraine, 1942; confiscation of her family's shop, and the loss of their livelihood, 1943; confiscation of private property; German occupation, 1944; volunteers for labor for the German Army; labor in a factory producing bandages, and life as if in a camp; deportation of her parents and sisters to Auschwitz, July 1944; rise to power of the Arrow Cross Party; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue; closure of the factory and deportation to Ravensbrueck, December 1944; camp life; typhus epidemic; liberation by the US Army. Return to Hungary; life in Hungary; reunion with her sisters; joins pioneering aliya training; move to Italy; aliya to Israel, 1950; life on Kibbutz Metzuba.