Testimony of Helene Ilona (Hirsch) Rojder, born in Gyor, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Gyor Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more
Testimony of Helene Ilona (Hirsch) Rojder, born in Gyor, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Gyor Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more
Testimony
Testimony of Helene Ilona (Hirsch) Rojder, born in Gyor, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Gyor Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more
Childhood in a middle class Neolog family.
German occupation, May 1944; deportation to the Gyor Ghetto and passage through a station to hand over personal property, May 1944; transfer to a Gypsy camp, June 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; life in Birkenau for about one and a half months; transfer to Auschwitz; work in the Union Hospital; execution of Roza Robota and her friends after smuggling in explosive material for the Sonderkommando uprising, January 1945; death march to Bergen-Belsen, January 1945; from there to Ravensbrueck for a few days; from there to a camp near Neustadt-Glewe; liberation, May 1945.
Return to Gyor; move to Czechoslovakia with her male cousin; marriage, 1946, aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
7536078
First Name
Helene
Ilona
Last Name
Rojder
Ruider
Maiden Name
Hirsch
Hirsh
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Gyor, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives