In 1942, twenty-one-year-old Ben Zion Averbuch was deported to the Vapniarka camp in Transnistria, together with his girlfriend Rosa David. From Vapniarka, Ben Zion was deported to Rybnica prison, together with fifty other prisoners accused of communist activity.
![Two pendants that Ben Zion Averbuch crafted in the Vapniarca camp for his girlfriend Rosa David.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/1_288.jpg?itok=ddmeII2-)
The pendants are engraved with her initials and her birthday
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Rosa (David) Meier, Ashdod
![Two pendants that Ben Zion Averbuch crafted in the Vapniarca camp for his girlfriend Rosa David.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1_288.jpg?itok=7BHu5ZVO)
![Two pendants that Ben Zion Averbuch crafted in the Vapniarca camp for his girlfriend Rosa David.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/2_268.jpg?itok=Uvh-NF_W)
The pendants are engraved with her initials and her birthday
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Rosa (David) Meier, Ashdod
![Two pendants that Ben Zion Averbuch crafted in the Vapniarca camp for his girlfriend Rosa David.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2_268.jpg?itok=p2_pdSKF)
![Miniature box decorated with Rosa David’s initials made by Ben Zion Averbuch in the Vapniarca camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/3_191.jpg?itok=1qPu7s3R)
In the box is his photograph
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Rosa (David) Meier, Ashdod
![Miniature box decorated with Rosa David’s initials made by Ben Zion Averbuch in the Vapniarca camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/3_191.jpg?itok=wJP_CmWO)
![Miniature box decorated with Rosa David’s initials made by Ben Zion Averbuch in the Vapniarca camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_1block/public/4_160.jpg?itok=XkNw-v7-)
In the box is his photograph
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Rosa (David) Meier, Ashdod
![Miniature box decorated with Rosa David’s initials made by Ben Zion Averbuch in the Vapniarca camp.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/4_160.jpg?itok=d_7zEczR)