Miriam Liptcher lit one of six torches at the State Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in 2013 Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Miriam Liptcher Miriam Liptcher was born Manya Wagman in 1922 in Krakow her family moved to the town of Proszowice Miriam and her brother Joseph disguised themselves as Aryans Their father acquired food from farmers and they traveled by train to Krakow to smuggle provisions into the ghetto Miriam was reported to a German officer by a Polish acquaintance She decided to help her fellow female prisoners as much as possible She warned them not to complain about sickness and when they were ordered to turn the earth over with their hands she convinced them to eat roots for their nutritional value Miriam sorted objects belonging to Jewish inmates and victims and at every opportunity ripped the clothing so the Germans could not use it she filled the jugs with clothing for the Yugoslavian prisoners and in exchange for clothes she procured a little food When she was caught in these smuggling attempts she was sent to work cutting plant overgrowth in a lake of frozen water many of Miriam’s friends from her youth group in Krakow came to Auschwitz Miriam obtained rice from the Yugoslavian prisoners she was transferred to the experiment shed of the infamous Josef Mengele The experiments she endured there rendered her barren Miriam was put on a death march to Bergen-Belsen She discovered that she was her family's only survivor On "Kibbutz Buchenwald" she met Rudy Liptcher and they decided to immigrate to Eretz Israel the couple went to Kibbutz Afikim and then to Pardes Hanna Miriam managed to save a golden ring from her mother bearing her initials "M.W." Miriam still wears the ring Miriam accompanied groups to Poland as a witness She told the story of the Jews of Proszowice and has joined the “March of the Living" many times Miriam has a daughter and three grandchildren The Yad Vashem website had recently undergone a major upgrade The page you are looking for has apparently been moved We are therefore redirecting you to what we hope will be a useful landing page For any questions/clarifications/problems, please contact: webmaster@yadvashem.org.il