Testimony of Rachel (Freilikh) Eshed, born in Liege, Belgium, 1924, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and medical experiments performed on her by Dr. Josef Mengele

Testimony of Rachel (Freilikh) Eshed, born in Liege, Belgium, 1924, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and medical experiments performed on her by Dr. Josef Mengele Childhood; Catholic school. Occupation of Liege; escape to a village; informed on and deportation with her son to Auschwitz; receives a number tattooed on her forearm; her hair on her head is shaved and teeth are removed; murder of her son in the gas chambers; medical experiments and sterilization; death march to Ravensbrueck and Neustadt; liberation by the US Army; the witness does not remember the place she was liberated by the US Army. Return to Liege; reunion with her mother; her mother dies the day after the meeting; life in Belgium after the war; aliya to Israel, 1948; enlists in the Palmach; rehabilitation.