Rebecca 'Betty' Lissing Oral history interview
TitleRebecca 'Betty' Lissing Oral history interview
Call numberC005
Object number7009
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
PublisherCaplan-Kwiet Collection
Year of publication
1980-1981
MaterialAudio-visual material
NotesInterview hardcopy notes of her testimony and photocopies of documents are also held including article on Betty's life published in Sydney Morning Herald 29th June 1981 and a 12 page story written by Betty.
Interviewer: Sophie Caplan
CD
Interviewer: Sophie Caplan
CD
Description
Rebecca "Betty" Lissing nee Wynschenk was born in Amsterdam Holland on 11th February 1923. She spent time in Auschwitz from September 1943 to January 1945, Ravensbruck and Neustadt. She was liberated in May 1945 and returned to Amsterdam. She arrived in Australia in 1949.