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Joint testimony of Chaim Hirszman , born in Janow Lubelski, Poland in 1912 and of Pola Hirschman, nee Kaminer, born in Bilogoraj, Poland in 1923 regarding the experiences of Chaim Hirszman in Janow Lubelski and in the Belzec camp, and regarding his escape from the deportation to Sobibor

Abuse of the Jews with the entry of the Germans into Janow Lubelski; robbery of property, kidnappings for forced labor; the witness'work as a framer until the deportation to Belzec in September 1942; the separation from his wife during the selection at their arrival to the camp and his being chosen for work; during his work on the team that shaved the hair of the women who were murdered in the gas chambers, he identified the corpse of his wife; the hunger conditions in the camp, the typhus epide...
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12372194
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Testimony
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578
details.fullDetails.language
Polish
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O.62 - Borwicz Collection
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1946
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31/12/1946
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YES
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POLAND
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ZYDOWSKI INSTYTUT HISTORYCZNY - ZIH, WARSZAWA, POLAND
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O.62 - Borwicz Collection: Testimonies recorded by the Jewish Historical Commission in Poland
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Written testimony
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection