Testimony of Lucina Lola (Warszawski) Vidavski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Muehlhausen and other places

Testimony of Lucina Lola (Warszawski) Vidavski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Muehlhausen and other places Life before the war; well-to-do family. German occupation, September 1939; abuse of men with beards; explosion of the synagogue; restrictions on the Jews; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; yellow badge; sealing of the Lodz Ghetto, April 1940; ghetto life; labor in various workshops; difficulties keeping kosher; difficulties keeping warm; confiscation of property; death of his father from floggings and starvation; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; Judenrat activities; "Sperre", curfew, autumn 1942; her mother is in hiding in the family home; death of his sister from a disease, 1944; liquidation of the ghetto, summer 1944; unsuccessful attempts to find a hiding place during the deportation; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1944; camp life with his sister; roll-calls and flogging; transfer to Ravensbrueck camp; transfer to Muehlhausen; camp life; labor in a watch factory; receives help from German citizens and a Wehrmacht soldier; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, February 1945; camp life; labor in a forest hauling lumber; fear of dogs; contacts dysentery and typhus; liberation by the British Army, April 1945. Difficult physical condition; move to Sweden; life in Sweden including rehabilitation; return to Poland, December 1946; life in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1957 Testimony of Lucina Lola (Warszawski) Vidavski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Muehlhausen and other places Life before the war; well-to-do family. German occupation, September 1939; abuse of men with beards; explosion of the synagogue; restrictions on the Jews; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; yellow badge; sealing of the Lodz Ghetto, April 1940; ghetto life; labor in various workshops; difficulties keeping kosher; difficulties keeping warm; confiscation of property; death of his father from floggings and starvation; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; Judenrat activities; "Sperre", curfew, autumn 1942; her mother is in hiding in the family home; death of his sister from a disease, 1944; liquidation of the ghetto, summer 1944; unsuccessful attempts to find a hiding place during the deportation; deportation to Auschwitz, August 1944; camp life with his sister; roll-calls and flogging; transfer to Ravensbrueck camp; transfer to Muehlhausen; camp life; labor in a watch factory; receives help from German citizens and a Wehrmacht soldier; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, February 1945; camp life; labor in a forest hauling lumber; fear of dogs; contacts dysentery and typhus; liberation by the British Army, April 1945. Difficult physical condition; move to Sweden; life in Sweden including rehabilitation; return to Poland, December 1946; life in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1957.