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Liwschitz, Rebecca

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Rebecca Liwschitz was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1908, one of ten children. She recalls her family spending World War I in London; the births of two siblings there; returning to Antwerp; working as a diamond cutter starting at age sixteen; marriage in 1933; her sister's incarceration in Wurttemburg in 1941 as an English citizen; some family members hiding, while others were deported; her husband encouraging her to join the resistance; arrest in 1943; imprisonment in Antwerp, St. Gilles, Luxembourg, and Aix-La-Chapelle, (presently Allach); singing resistance songs to maintain morale; kindness from a guard; and deportation to Auschwitz. She describes crying upon hearing of the gas chambers and never crying again; learning of the deaths of her father and brother; work assignments in Birkenau including the Canada Kommando; protection by friends; Mala Zimetbaum's escape, capture, and public hanging; the death march to Ravensbrück in January 1945; forced labor in several German camps; friends carrying her when she could not walk on the last death march; liberation by Soviet troops in Ries; reunion with surviving family in Brussels; and her divorce. Mrs. L. shows photographs; sings partisan songs; and lists many relatives who were killed.

(Copyright : Fortunoff Video Archives for Holocaust Testimonies – Yale)

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Code interview : YA/FA/014
Date interview : 24/06/1992
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 2h44
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Jean-Michel Chaumont et Rina Margos
Cameraman : Osric Colb
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : oui
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Aachen / Aix-la-Chapelle (prison) | Antwerpen / Anvers (prison) | Auschwitz / Birkenau | Front de l’Indépendance (F.I.) | Juif / Juive | Marche / train de la mort | Résistant / Résistante | Saint Gilles (prison) | Solidarité juive

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