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Actions Displays	Rebecca "Betty" Lissing Testimony Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2018/010:005 TitleRebecca "Betty" Lissing Testimony DescriptionRebecca "Betty" Lissing (née Wynschenk), born February 11, 1923 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses her family’s background; her childhood and schooling; not experiencing antisemitism before the Nazi occupation; the anti-Jewish laws decreed by the Germans; the Dutch underground; escaping to Brussels, Belgium in 1943; being arrested and sent to Auschwitz; working in a munitions factory; life in the camp; the evacuation from the camp in January 1945 and being forced to march for several days to Ravensbrück camp; being sent to Neustadt-Glewe in February 1945; liberations from the camp; convalescing in Enschede, Netherlands and in a castle in Ommen, Netherlands; finding out her husband was alive; returning to Amsterdam; and immigrating to Australia in 1949. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date 1980-11-04 - 1981-04-01 Subjectsurvivors, testimonies, underground activities, forced labour Object nametestimonies Material.wav Dimensions Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

Object numberM2018/010:005

TitleRebecca "Betty" Lissing Testimony

DescriptionRebecca "Betty" Lissing (née Wynschenk), born February 11, 1923 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses her family’s background; her childhood and schooling; not experiencing antisemitism before the Nazi occupation; the anti-Jewish laws decreed by the Germans; the Dutch underground; escaping to Brussels, Belgium in 1943; being arrested and sent to Auschwitz; working in a munitions factory; life in the camp; the evacuation from the camp in January 1945 and being forced to march for several days to Ravensbrück camp; being sent to Neustadt-Glewe in February 1945; liberations from the camp; convalescing in Enschede, Netherlands and in a castle in Ommen, Netherlands; finding out her husband was alive; returning to Amsterdam; and immigrating to Australia in 1949.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date 1980-11-04 - 1981-04-01

Subjectsurvivors, testimonies, underground activities, forced labour

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

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