Ray K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Ray K., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1928. She recalls antisemitic violence in school in Ka?y; relief at attending an all-Jewish school in ?o?dz?; her oldest brother's death in June 1939; living in Ka?y when Germany invaded; assistance from one non-Jewish family; moving to ?o?dz? three weeks later; ghettoization in April 1940; her father's death; one brother volunteering for forced labor (they never saw him again); her mother's death from starvation; forced labor; plays and concerts; hiding during round-ups; her brother's deportation in spring 1944 (they never saw him again); deportation to Auschwitz in August with her sister, aunt, and cousins; transfer to Hannover a few days later; hospitalization; assignment to tend the Germans' barrack, a privileged position; receiving food from a German guard; smuggling it to her sister and others; a forced march to Bergen-Belsen in December; conditions which seemed impossible to survive; the guard from Hannover continuing to help her; liberation by British troops in April; and continuing to help the guard who had helped her until his death. Ms. K. provides many stories and details of ghetto and camp life and notes she survived due to coincidences.

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