Testimony of Esther (Troppauer) Nir, born in Plauen, Germany, 1926
Childhood in a traditional, well-to-do family; move of the family to Berlin, 1931; antisemitism; obligation to hand over gold items, 1934; deportation of her father to Poland, October 1938; Kristallnacht, November 1938; attempt to smuggle the witness, her sister and her mother to Poland after making contact with her father; being captured by the Germans and her father's success in transferring them to Poland; the difficult acclimation in Bedzin;
German occupation of Bedzin, September 1939; antisemitism; wearing a white badge; deportation...
Memoirs of Marjem Bajla (Panska), born in Będzin, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Będzin, Auschwitz and the Dolny Slask camp, 1939-1945
Writing of her memoirs after 1957:
Life with her family in Będzin; occupation of Będzin by the German Army, 1939; burning of the synagogue and some of the residential houses owned by Jews; abuse of Jews; anti-Jewish legislation; imposition of a forced contribution on the Jews; establishment of the Judenrat; establishment of the Jewish Police; deportation of Jews to labor camps, including her brother Chamele with the encouragement and participation of Moniek...