Language:
German
Pages:
28 pages :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1946
Keywords:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
;
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
;
Westerbork (Concentration camp)
;
Death marches.
;
Emigration and immigration.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives.
;
Holocaust survivors.
;
Women authors.
;
Alicante (Spain)
;
Belgium.
;
Netherlands.
;
Spain.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Augusta Amram fled Germany in 1933 with her husband and children to Alicante, Spain; after outbreak of Spanish Civil War in 1936, family is forced to flee by republican government authorities; family flees to France, Switzerland, and settles in Belgium; from Belgium family is forced again to flee to Holland; family received visa for United States in April 1940; the family was unable to escape before the German invasion; family ends up in Westerbork interment camp in Holland; along with husband and one son she was deported to Auschwitz in September 1943; account of trip to Auschwitz and arrival; permanent separation from husband and son; there she was placed in a barrack with other women who were subjected to medical experiments; account of various experiences at Auschwitz; evacuation of Auschwitz January 18, 1945; death march to Ravensbruck; evacuation of Ravensbruck; move to Neustadt-Gleve in Mecklenburg - here she experienced the liberation on May 2; transport to Holland, reunited with son.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
German
,
Synopsis in file
URL:
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