Mrs. Roemerfeld - 1982?
An interview with Mrs. Roemerfeld, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Eva Lipton. Mrs. Roemerfeld was born in P?o?sk, Poland. Following the Nazi invasion in 1939, Mrs. Roemerfeld, along with her parents and older brother, were placed in a make-shift ghetto in the city. During that period, her father was shipped to Auschwitz-Birkenau and in December 1942, she, along with her remaining family, were shipped there as well. After arrival, Mrs. Roemerfeld was placed in the Kanada Kommando sorting clothes. She was then transferred to Budy, a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. After the liquidation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp system, Mrs. Roemerfeld was sent to Maehrisch-Weisswasser, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. Mrs. Roemerfeld was fifty-five years of age at the time of her undated interview.
- Introduction
- Education
- Economic Life
- Family's Political Affiliations
- Outbreak of War
- Jewish Community in Płońsk
- Outbreak of War II
- Conditions in Ghetto
- Conditions in Ghetto II
- Round-Ups
- Judenrat in Płońsk
- Conditions in Ghetto III
- Jewish Police
- Yellow Star
- Obtaining Food
- Social Status of Family
- Religion in Ghetto
- Food in Ghetto
- Knowledge of Other Ghettos
- Transports
- Beatings
- Conditions in Ghetto IV
- Relations with Polish Workers
- Conditions in Ghetto V
- Liquidation of Ghetto
- Transport to Auschwitz
- Conditions in Cattle Car
- Selection
- Budy
- Conditions in Budy
- Prostitutes
- Camp Conditions
- Punishment in Budy
- Arrival at Budy
- Appell
- Appell II
- Kanada
- Resistance
- Kanada II
- Kapos
- Camp Language
- Work in Kitchen
- Religious Practices in Camps
- Telefunken
- The Sonderkommando
- German Camp Personnel
- Relations Between Prisoners
- Theft
- Suicides
- The Sudetenland
- Maehrisch-Weisswasser
- Conditions in Maehrisch-Weisswasser
- Conditions in Maehrisch-Weisswasser II
- Telefunken II
- Telefunken III