Testimony of Rachel-Devorah Banit, age 22, regarding her experiences in Oswiecim, Sosnowice and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life before the war. Aliya of her parents to Eretz Israel; unsuccessful attempt to obtain certificates for her sister and herself; life with her sister at her aunt's house in Oswiecim; German occupation; establishment of a camp in Oswiecim by the Germans; deportation to forced labor; deportation of Jews; escape to Sosnowice; life in Sosnowice including labor for Germans until May 1942; deportation, May 1942; additional deportation, 12 August 1942; aliya to Eretz Israel, January 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.