Blanka Rothschild
Nació: 1922, en Lodz, Polonia
Describe compartir y la amistad para sobrevivir las condiciones del ghetto de Lodz [Entrevista: 1994]
One of my school friend--I went to a private school for girls--one of the girls from my school was in ghetto as well, with her mother. And she became very, very ill, and they wanted to deport her. All of us who were her friends, from our meager portions decided to take a little bit and get it together and bring to her every day. You can't imagine the value of food at those days, to give away. I had a glove, somehow, somewhere, in ghetto, and we were freezing. So the glove was being worn by everybody, and my friend, by my friends. We were sharing the one glove, so one hand for few minutes was getting out of the numbness. I don't know who the glove really belonged to but I was given it, and we shared this glove. And I remember this glove. And when I met one of the girls after the war in England, she said to me, "Blanka, do you remember your glove?" "Yes, I remember the glove."
One of my school friend--I went to a private school for girls--one of the girls from my school was in ghetto as well, with her mother. And she became very, very ill, and they wanted to deport her. All of us who were her friends, from our meager portions decided to take a little bit and get it together and bring to her every day. You can't imagine the value of food at those days, to give away. I had a glove, somehow, somewhere, in ghetto, and we were freezing. So the glove was being worn by everybody, and my friend, by my friends. We were sharing the one glove, so one hand for few minutes was getting out of the numbness. I don't know who the glove really belonged to but I was given it, and we shared this glove. And I remember this glove. And when I met one of the girls after the war in England, she said to me, "Blanka, do you remember your glove?" "Yes, I remember the glove."
Blanka era hija única en una familia muy unida de Lodz, Polonia. Su padre murió en 1937. Después de la invasión alemana de Polonia, Blanka y su madre se quedaron en Lodz con la abuela de Blanka que no podía viajar. Junto con otros parientes, fueron forzadas a vivir en el ghetto de Lodz en 1940. Ahí, Blanka trabajaba en una panadería. Ella y su madre luego trabajaron en un hospital del ghetto de Lodz, donde se quedaron hasta el fin de 1944 cuando fueron deportadas al campo de Ravensbrueck en Alemania. Blanka fue forzada a trabajar en una fabrica de aviones (Arado-Werke). Su madre fue mandada a otro campo. Las fuerzas soviéticas liberaron a Blanka en la primavera de 1945. Blanka, que estaba viviendo en casas abandonadas, se volvió a Lodz. Descubrió que ninguno de sus parientes, incluyendo su madre, había sobrevivido. Blanka se fue luego a Berlín, y eventualmente a un campo de refugiados. Emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1947.
— US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
