Ruth Muschkies Webber - February 2, 1987
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Ruth Webber was about 5 years old when the war started. Her family was first moved into the Ostrowiec ghetto and then lived in the following camps; Bodzechow, Sandomierz, Starachowice, Austrovietz, Annopol and finally Auschwitz. Her mother survived the war but her father died on the last transport out of Auschwitz. Ruth was in the children's block of Auschwitz when it was liberated by the Russians on Jan. 27, 1945.
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- Introduction
- German Invasion
- Sister
- Family
- German Occupation
- Work Camp at Bodzechów
- Children
- Hiding in Camp
- Fantasizing
- Separation from Father
- Starachowice
- Conditions in Starachowice
- Sandomierz
- Return to Bodzechów
- Reminders
- Transport to Auschwitz
- Arrival at Auschwitz
- Conditions in Auschwitz
- Illness
- The Kinderblock
- Separation from Mother
- Liberation
- The Russians
- Krakow
- Reunited with Mother
- Immigration to Canada
- Father's Death
- Reflections on Experience
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