Testimony of Binyamin Ben Dor Zalewski, born in 1926 in Warsaw, about his experiences in Paris and in the Mauthausen and Maria Lanzendorf camps

Testimony of Binyamin Ben Dor Zalewski, born in 1926 in Warsaw, about his experiences in Paris and in the Mauthausen and Maria Lanzendorf camps Witness born in Warsaw; family emigrates to Paris in 1927; witness placed in an orphanage in infancy; cut off from family; abused on account of Jewish origin; escapes from orphanage; vagrant life in the street as a member of street gangs; German occupation ensues in 1940; manhunts; witness escapes from deportation; joins the resistance; captured while smuggling arms; arrested and tortured; deported as a political prisoner to the camp in Maria Lanzandorf; transferred to Mauthausen in January 1942; number tattooed on forearm; abuse; punishment; executions; liberation by American forces in May 1945; back to France; joins Zionist organizations; immigrates to Israel from Marseille in 1948.