"Crying is forbidden here" Rachela Olewski testimony
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Arie Olewski donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 8, 2004.
Scope and Content
Consists of a copy of the testimony and experiences of Rachela Zelmanowicz Olewski, originally of Be̜dzin, Poland, entitled "Crying is forbidden here." Born in 1921, Rachela was deported to Auschwitz from the Be̜dzin ghetto in 1943. In Auschwitz, she was a member of the women's orchestra as a mandolin player, and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Rachela immigrated to Israel where she lived until her death in 1987.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.