Autobiographical interviews of Jews born in German speaking countries ("Yekkes") - 50/60 years after their immigration to Israel

Hella Chaja Bialer (Rabinowitsch) was born 01/28/1911 in Warsaw. Her family moved to Berlin in 1914, where she later attended a “Lyzeum” (grammar school for girls), special shorthand and typing classes. In 1933 she emigrated to Russia and worked as a secretary. In 1937 she was arrested and did forced labor in Siberia. In 1947 she was sent to Latvia, worked in a sanatorium. In 1951/52 again forced labor in Siberia, by then she worked in agriculture. In 1956, after her release she returned to Moscow and worked in a publishing house. In 1976 she emigrated to Israel where she works as editor and translator. ; Introductory passage about Hella Bialer's daughter, who was born in Siberia and studied in Moscow (details about her daughter's long imprisonment and her marriage in Siberia). Hella Bialer's youth in Germany and her life in Russia after her emigration: Biography until she finished school in Berlin. Her emigration to Russia in 1933, work in Moscow. (Insert about her family, who emigrated to Paris in 1938 and later moved to Israel and Argentina: for many years she had lost contact with them and thought that she was the only survivor of the family). - Description of her arrest in Moscow (1937), her transport to Siberia and her life in the labor camp 1938-1941, her deportation to the Baltic Sea in 1952 and later back to Siberia (Yenisei). Details about her marriage and the birth of her daughter, about her work in a Sovchose. After Stalin's death she was finally released after many petitions. About her life and work in Moscow for another 20 years. Her life in Israel since 1976: The preparation of her emigration. Her daughter's way in Israel, working first as a secretary and geriatric nurse, at the time of the interview as teacher of English. Her own work in Israel as editor and translator. - Her pessimistic attitude towards life (especially because of the negative experience of old age). Positive contacts with Germany: She became friends with Axel Springer and his family (who also published her life-story). - Her opinion about the Israeli-Arab conflict.