Testimony of Tova Gita (Iting) Himelfarb, born in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Siauliai, Okmian, Stutthof, in hiding and in Lodz and other places

Testimony of Tova Gita (Iting) Himelfarb, born in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Siauliai, Okmian, Stutthof, in hiding and in Lodz and other places Life in Siauliai including attending a Hebrew school. German Army occupation of Siauliai, 1941; murder of men in killing pits, including her father; deportation to the Siauliai Ghetto; labor in an agricultural farm; receives a work certificate for her brother who was 10 years old; deportation to Okmian camp; "Aktion" against children in the camp; murder of children; hides her sister during the "Aktion"; move back to the Siauliai Ghetto; Siauliai Ghetto life including labor in a workshop sewing coats; her brother's labor in the distribution of bread; her brother's responsibility to hide his sisters; liquidation of the ghetto; deportation to Stutthof; selection; death of her mother, brother and sisters in the selection; labor digging anti-tank trenches; death march; escape; hides in a farm in the Bydgoszcz area; liberation. Pioneering aliya preparations in Lodz; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Moledet" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to [Kibbutz] Neve Yam, Israel, 1949.