Charlotte Dessen testimony
InventarnummerM2018/010:001
TitelCharlotte Dessen testimony
BeschreibungCharlotte 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.
EntstehungsortSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Datum 1980-10-23 - 1980-10-23
Schlagwortsurvivors, testimonies, forced labour
Objektbezeichnungtestimonies
Material.wav
Format
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan