
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel


Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel


Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel

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Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel
In 1942, twenty-one-year-old Ben Zion Averbuch was deported to the Vapniarka camp in Transnistria, together with his girlfriend Rosa David (Meir). From Vapniarka, Ben Zion was deported to Rybnica prison, together with fifty other prisoners accused of communist activity.
In September 1943, in advance of Rosa's birthday, Ben Zion made small gifts for her and managed to smuggle them out of the prison and send them to Rosa in Vapniarka. Among the gifts was a pendant made of two charms engraved with Rosa's birthday (25.9.1943), her initials and the name of the camp: Vapniarka. On the reverse side of the charms are depictions: one of a figure running atop the world’s summit, and the other, a figure holding a hammer-like instrument ready to strike.
In March 1944, with the retreat of the German forces from Transnistria, Ben Zion and his friends were murdered by SS soldiers. Rosa survived the war and donated the gifts from Ben Zion to Yad Vashem.
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Rosa Meir, Ashdod, Israel
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