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Testimony of Riva Abramowitz, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, Kauen Schanzen, Stutthof, Lublin and other places

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Testimony of Riva Abramowitz, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, Kauen Schanzen, Stutthof, Lublin and other places Life in Kaunas under Soviet occupation, until 1940; German Army occupation of Kaunas, 1941; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto, 1941; Kaunas Ghetto life including labor, 1941-1942; [murder of her] brother, apparently in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas; deportation to Kauen Schanzen camp; camp life including labor collecting beer bottles, 1944; transfer to Stutthof, 1944; camp life including forced labor; death march; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Work in the hospital in Aleksandrow; work in Poland, 1946; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; move to the Peretz home in Lublin with help from Jewish Brigade soldiers, 1945; move to Czechoslovakia, 1946; move to Feldafing DP camp, 1946; unsuccessful aliya attempt on the illegal immigration ship, "Exodus", 1947; aliya to Israel, 1949; emigration to South Africa, 1952; emigration to Great Britain; emigration to the United States; emigration [aliya] to Israel, 1980s.
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7909868
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Riva
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Abramovitz
Abramowitz
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30/03/1931
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Kaunas, Lithuania
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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01/11/09
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01/11/09
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Abramowitz Riva
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection