Testimony of Rakhel (Veig) Davidovitz, born in Nagovo, Czechoslovakia in 1929, regarding her life in Nagovo, in Mateszalka Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Fallersleben, and other camps
Testimony of Rakhel (Veig) Davidovitz, born in Nagovo, Czechoslovakia in 1929, regarding her life in Nagovo, in Mateszalka Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Fallersleben, and other camps
Testimony
Testimony of Rakhel (Veig) Davidovitz, born in Nagovo, Czechoslovakia in 1929, regarding her life in Nagovo, in Mateszalka Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Fallersleben, and other camps
Childhood in Nagovo; antisemitism before the war; locale re-annexed to Hungary in 1940; revocation of family’s business license; mutual help; German occupation in March 1944; wearing of yellow badge; expulsion to Mateszalka Ghetto; life in the ghetto for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz; family murdered in the camp; suffering abuse; roll calls; suffering from hunger; meeting with her two aunts; transfer to Fallersleben; life in the camp; transfer to forced labor; labor in a weapons factory; death march to Salzwedel; liberation by American army in late April 1945; return via Budapest and Prague to Nagovo in 1945; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1973; absorption.
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item Id
9798457
First Name
Rakhel
Last Name
Davidovitz
Maiden Name
Veig
Date of Birth
05/02/1929
Place of Birth
Nagovo, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives