Testimony of Izabela (Farkash) Cohen, born in Luncsoara, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Damis, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places

Testimony of Izabela (Farkash) Cohen, born in Luncsoara, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Damis, the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Theresienstadt and other places Her childhood with her family; move to Damis; life in Damis including studies at home; move to Oradea; life in Oradea including sewing studies; displays of antisemitism. Entry of the Hungarian Army into Oradea, 1940; escape to Bratca; German Army occupation of Bratca, March 1944; life under German occupation including the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; confiscation of property by Hungarian Gendarmes; deportation to the Oradea Ghetto; Oradea Ghetto life including religious life; activities of the Judenrat; help to Jews in the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including selection and roll-calls; murder of her parents; murder of her brother; attitude of the Kapo; death of her sister; transfer to Hainichen; camp life including forced labor; injured, and hospitalization in an infirmary; transfer to Theresienstadt by train and on foot; camp life, including typhus disease; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Receives help from the Red Cross; move to Bratca; life in Bratca; aliya to Israel, 1961.