Testimony of Zipora Kohn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Groden and other places

Testimony of Zipora Kohn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Lodz, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Groden and other places Her childhood in an Orthodox, religious family including attending a Hebrew school and Zionist activities. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life including labor in workshops; distribution of food; "Aktion" against children; arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany; lack of knowledge regarding [the fate of] the Jews in camps; liquidation of the ghetto, summer 1944; deportation to Auschwitz with her sister; camp life including shortage of food and water; morbidity, acts of abuse and forced labor; murder of Jews by Ukrainian guards using an axe; meets POWs; [receives] food from POWs; transfer to Stutthof; camp life; transfer to Groden; camp life; transfer to Chinow; camp life; transfer to Gotendorf; life in Gotendorf; liberation by the Red Army. Hospitalization in a hospital; joins aliya training; aliya to Israel, 1948.