Testimony of Rachel Hela (Herzfeld) Zarnovitzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Bergen-Belsen camps and more

Testimony of Rachel Hela (Herzfeld) Zarnovitzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Bergen-Belsen camps and more Life before the war; from a traditional family; meets emissaries from Eretz Israel; meets with Jewish refugees from Germany; giving help to the refugees, 1938; Outbreak of the war; air-raids on Warsaw; stockpiling of food and money; constructing of hiding places in the homes; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; educational activities; plays; volunteer work done by professionals; cessation of work outside of the ghetto, 1940; Jewish police and Judenrat activities; Polish informers; transfer of her brother to labor in an ammunitions factory; disappearance of her brother; "Aktion" and disappearance of her mother; transfer to forced labor in workshops; "Aktions"; outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the bunker on Mila Street; being handed over to the Germans; deportation to Majdanek; camp life and transfer to forced labor; transfer to the HASAG ammunitions factory; life together with her twin sister; transfer to Skarzysko-Kamienna camp; camp life; labor in an ammunitions factory; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life; transfer to forced labor; death of many men; survival of the women; transfer on a death march in the direction of Dachau; transfer to Allach, April 1945; escape of the German soldiers; liberation by the US Army; Life in DP camps in Germany; life in DP camps in Italy; meets members of the Jewish Brigade; illegal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.