Testimony of Lola (Rosenzweig) Finkelstein, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Krakow, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Munich

Testimony of Lola (Rosenzweig) Finkelstein, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Krakow, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Munich Her childhood in a religious home including attending a Jewish school; antisemitism before the war. German Army occupation of Lodz, September 1939; life under German occupation including the imposition of decrees; deportation of Jews from the old city [of Lodz] by train to the Jaslo forest on the border of the Soviet Union, 1940; release of her family; move to Krakow; escape back to Lodz with her mother, with help from smugglers; death of her father in Krakow; death of her brother in Krakow; death of her sister in Krakow; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; her family's home is located inside the ghetto area, 1940; Lodz Ghetto life including hunger, labor in conveying, "Aktions" and selections; death of her mother; activities of the Judenrat; activities of the Jewish police; detention of her brother by the Gestapo; release of her brother in exchange for jewelry; Rumkowski's activities; in hiding during the "Aktions"; deportation to Auschwitz, September 1944 [should be: August 1944]; transfer to Stutthof, two weeks later; forced labor in agriculture for a German farmer; labor digging trenches; death march. Move back to Lodz; marriage, 1946; illegally crosses borders to Germany; life in Munich; aliya to Israel, 1999.