Hello Karen,
I hope you read my reaction as my mother was also sent from Auschwitz to a munitionfactory in Kratzau, probably in the same month as your mother. When the Red Army came she was interpreter for the Russians, because she spoke that language, but also Dutch, German and three other languages.
She was also sent from Westerbork to Auschwitz in the same train as the Frank family.
Last but not least her parents in law were also arrested in Gouda, but they didn't survive Auschwitz.
I like to know more about that factory in Kratzau because I know nearly nothing about that episode.
Best regards,
Wolf
wolfvandenhoek@gmail.com
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