Lidija Jefremivna Jarostjuk

* 1943

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It was difficult for my mother, not for me

Lidija Jefremivna Jarostjuk, historical photography
Lidija Jefremivna Jarostjuk, historical photography
photo: Archiv Lidije Jefremivny Jarostjuk

Lidija Jefremivna Jarostjuk was born on April 15, 1943, in Onsabrück in former Nazi Germany. Her parents came from the Rivne region and during the war period, they were deported to forced labour to Germany. Oksana’s mother worked in a tank factory, and her father Jefrem stayed elsewhere and worked at the mine. At first, only her father was sent to work in Germany, but because her mother accompanied him, she was included in the transport despite her pregnancy. The witness claims, that after her birth, she stayed in Fürstenau and in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After returning to Ukraine in 1945, Lidija suffered from protracted health problems, but eventually recovered. She worked in the army in the town of Dubno as a stenographer and after graduating from the evening medical school she was employed in the dental department at the polyclinic as a nurse. Currently, she still lives in the city of Dubno in western Ukraine.