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Testimony of Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania in 1921, regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the Plaszow and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, in a camp in the region of Buchenberg and more

Testimony
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Testimony of Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania, in 1921,regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the camps Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in the region of Buchenberg and more Life in Cluj; attending a Romanian Gymnasium; good relations with the neighbours; annexation of the place to Hungary; imposing restrictions on the Jews; imposing an economic boycott; anti-Semitism; deportation to Kneii Meze; life in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by cargo train; selection and transfer to Block B'; transfer to Block C'; working in the kitchen and stealing food; food trading; transfer to Plaszow; life in the camp; transfer to work in a quarry and in a sewing workshop; transfer back to Birkenau; transfer to Bogenhousen with Wehrmacht officers(Wehrmacht-German army); transfer to a camp in the region of Buchenberg; liberation by the American army; transfer to the DP camp in Landsberg; return to Romania; starting a family; aliya to Israel in 1955; absorption
item Id
9453975
First Name
Miriam
Last Name
Lengel
Date of Birth
1921
Place of Birth
Cluj, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
31/05/2011
Date of Creation - latest
31/05/2011
Name of Submitter
לנגל מרים
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection