Testimony of Ruth (Ziskind) Schwarz, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Prostejov, Trieste and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony of Ruth (Ziskind) Schwarz, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding her experiences in Prostejov, Trieste and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Life before the war; her parents were emigrants, without Czech citizenship; activities in the Maccabi Hatzair movement; her brother's activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; departure to aliya training, with her brother; activities as a youth counselor; receives knowledge regarding the Anschluss; attempts to obtain exit visas from Czechoslovakia; emigration of their parents to the United States. German occupation, March 1939; escape of her brother to aliya training in Great Britain; fictitious marriage to a person with a "certificate" (visa to Eretz Israel); escape to Trieste; aliya to Eretz Israel, December 1939; receives knowledge regarding the deportation of her sisters to Theresienstadt camp and to camps in Estonia, 1942; end of the war. Reunion of the family.