Overview
- Description
- Describes the experiences of the author's twin sisters, Hela and Rela Markovitz, before World War II; the German invasion of Poland; the confiscation of Jewish property; the establishment of the ghetto in Kraków, Poland; the death of the author's parents; the twins' deportation to and experiences in the ghetto in Tarnów, Poland, and the camps of Płaszów, Skarżysko-Kamienna, and Hasag-Leipzig; Aktionen; the sanitary conditions and distribution of food; sexual favors being sold by female inmates for food; the twins' survival of a death march; their liberation and reunion with surviving family members; their attempts to rebuild their lives after the war and their experiences in a displaced persons camp in Pocking, Germany; and their illegal emigration to Palestine, capture by the British, and their time spent on Cyprus before arriving in Israel.
- Collection Creator
- Sara Getzler
- Biography
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Sara Getzler (b. Markovitz, Poland) emigrated to Palestine in July 1945
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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2 folders
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Twins. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Death marches. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Tarnów. Jewish property. Prostitution. Starvation. Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Pocking (Passau) Refugees, Jewish--Cyprus.
- Geographic Name
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Pocking (Passau, Germany : Refugee camp)
- Personal Name
- Markovitz, Hela. Markovitz, Rela.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Sara Getzler donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Nov. 1993.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:46
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