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Testimony of Chana (Harman) Shlezinger, born in Modrzejów, Poland, in 1925, about her deportation to camps in Bytom and elsewhere

Testimony
Testimony of Chana (Harman) Shlezinger, born in Modrzejów, Poland, in 1925, about her deportation to camps in Bytom and elsewhere Childhood in an Orthodox religious family; German occupation ensues; anti-Jewish laws; brother deported to the Oranienburg camp in 1939; witness pays to receive brother's ashes; brother-in-law escapes to Shanghai; community sent to the Sosnowiec ghetto; parents and seven siblings sent to the camps; witness works at a mine in Bytom; camps in Silesia; assembles weapons in the Peterswaldau camp; liberated by Red Army forces in May 1945; returns to Poland; reunited with brother; gets married; immigrates to Israel in 1957.
item Id
12526036
First Name
Chana
Last Name
Shlezinger
Maiden Name
Harman
Date of Birth
1925
Place of Birth
Modrzejow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
20/06/2016
Date of Creation - latest
20/06/2016
Name of Submitter
שלזינגר חנה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video