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Actions Displays	Charlotte Dessen testimony Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2018/010:001 TitleCharlotte Dessen testimony DescriptionCharlotte Dessen (née Behrens), born on September 18, 1925 in Gardelegen, Germany, discusses her childhood and education; studying horticulture; her attempt to immigrate to South Africa prior to WWII; her deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she stayed from May 1943 to January 1945; her work in a munitions factory and losing a finger; her transfer to Ravensbrück; and her immigration to Northern Rhodesia in 1947; and her arrival in Australia in July 1966; and settling in Chatswood, N.S.W. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date 1980-10-23 - 1980-10-23 Subjectsurvivors, testimonies, forced labour Object nametestimonies Material.wav Dimensions Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

Object numberM2018/010:001

TitleCharlotte Dessen testimony

DescriptionCharlotte Dessen (née Behrens), born on September 18, 1925 in Gardelegen, Germany, discusses her childhood and education; studying horticulture; her attempt to immigrate to South Africa prior to WWII; her deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she stayed from May 1943 to January 1945; her work in a munitions factory and losing a finger; her transfer to Ravensbrück; and her immigration to Northern Rhodesia in 1947; and her arrival in Australia in July 1966; and settling in Chatswood, N.S.W.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date 1980-10-23 - 1980-10-23

Subjectsurvivors, testimonies, forced labour

Object nametestimonies

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

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