Testimony of Rachel (Farkash) Shimoni, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel

Testimony of Rachel (Farkash) Shimoni, born in Targu Mures, Romania, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Salzwedel Childhood in an ultra-orthodox home; Bnei Akiva activities. Occupation by Hungary, 1940; deterioration of the economic and moral situation; drafting of her brother into the Hungarian Army; deportation to the ghetto in a brick factory, end of Pesach (15 April) 1944; confiscation of valuables; attitude of the neighbors; harsh conditions; deportation to Auschwitz on the Shavuot holiday (28 May) 1944; hunger; inactivity; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, September 1944; Yom Kippur (27 September); transfer to Salzwedel; labor in a weapons factory; improvement of living conditions; learning English and drawing on Sundays; liberation by the US Army, April 1945. Life in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; return home; unsuccessful aliya attempt on the ship, "Pan York'; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.