Sobibor Interviews 1983-1984, interview 10, Esther Raab

<p>Interview with Esther Raab (Chelm 11 June 1922). Raab, together with Regina Zielinski and Hella Weiss, was taken to Sobibor just before Christmas 1942 in a horse-drawn cart. They saw such atrocities that she sometimes thought that "going to the gas chambers was easier than being exposed to all the horror". After her escape she went into hiding on a farm where she was reunited with her long lost brother.</p><p>She was born Ester Terner. Shortly after the German occupation started her father was shot and killed while on his way to Belzec extermination camp. Esther Raab was forced to help reclaim a river in Siedliczcze. When she arrived in Sobibor on 22 December 1942 she and seven other girls from her transport were put to work in the knitting room.</p><br>Date Submitted: 2012-06-291922年6月11日于海乌姆对埃丝特·拉布（Esther Raab）的访谈。拉布与雷吉娜·齐林斯基（Regina Zielinski）、海拉·魏斯（Hella Weiss）一同于1942年圣诞节前夕乘坐马拉大车被押往索比堡集中营（Sobibor）。她们目睹了极端残忍的暴行，以至于她曾坦言“步入毒气室都比直面这一切恐怖来得轻松”。成功逃脱后，她在一处农场中隐蔽藏身，并在此与失散多年的兄长重逢。 她本名为埃丝特·特纳（Ester Terner）。德国占领该地区后不久，她的父亲在前往贝乌热茨灭绝营（Belzec extermination camp）的途中遭枪杀身亡。埃丝特·拉布被迫参与谢德利奇采（Siedliczcze）的河道整治工作。1942年12月22日抵达索比堡集中营后，她与同批押送的另外七名女孩被分配至针织车间劳作。 提交日期：2012年6月29日