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Testimony of Jacques Stroumza, born in Saloniki, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Saloniki Ghetto, as a musician in the Auschwitz orchestra, Mauthausen and Gusen

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Testimony of Jacques Stroumza, born in Saloniki, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Saloniki Ghetto, as a musician in the Auschwitz orchestra, Mauthausen and Gusen Education in France; return to Greece. Draft into the Greek army, 1940; combat in Albania; return to Saloniki, 1941; life under German occupation; deportation to the Saloniki Ghetto, 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; musician in the camp orchestra; transfer to forced labor as an engineer in a Union factory until early 1945; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to forced labor in a factory in Gusen until the liberation. Aliya to Israel; starts a new family.
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item Id
3554888
First Name
Jacques
Zhak
Last Name
Stroumza
Strumza
Date of Birth
1913
Place of Birth
Saloniki, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
5436
Language
French
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
1989
Date of Creation - latest
1989
Name of Submitter
STROUMZA JACQUES
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
22
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository