Testimony of Gerda (Bomstein) Nussbaum, born in Breslau, Germany in 1927, regarding her experiences in Germany, in Zbaszyn and Sosnowiec, and her transfer to England in the context of the Kindertransport in 1939

Testimony of Gerda (Bomstein) Nussbaum, born in Breslau, Germany in 1927, regarding her experiences in Germany, in Zbaszyn and Sosnowiec, and her transfer to England in the context of the Kindertransport in 1939 Her parents emigrate from Poland to Germany; their synagogue is set on fire on Kristallnacht; deportation to Zbaszyn; life in Sosnowiec; a letter is sent to Chaim Weizmann with a request regarding leaving Poland; her transfer to England in the context of the Kindertransport in September 1939; work as a housekeeper in the home of Jews; acts of rape; loss of contact with her parents in 1941; life at a pioneering [aliya] training facility; transfer of help to refugees in refugee camps in France; attempt to make illegal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Latrun" ship; exile to Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel; absorption in Kibbutz Ma'ayan Zvi in 1947.