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Testimony of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Vaivara, Klooga, Lagedi and other places

Testimony of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Vaivara, Klooga, Lagedi and other places Deportation to Vaivara with his brother; camp life including labor laying railroad tracks in a forest; help from an Estonian family; transfer to Kivioli on foot with the approach of the front; labor in a kiosk in Germany; meets Herman Kruk in Lagedi; the hiding of Kruk's diary; evacuation of the camp and murder of some of the inmates in a forest; transfer of the remaining inmates to the prison in Tallinn; transfer to Klooga; Polish inmates and Gypsies in labor camps in Estonia. Finding after the liberation that the witness's brothers have Herman Kruk's diary.
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3556842
details.fullDetails.firstName
Beniamin
Benjamin
details.fullDetails.lastName
Anolik
details.fullDetails.pob
Wilno, Poland
details.fullDetails.materialType
Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
3084
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
01/02/1966
details.fullDetails.latestDate
01/02/1966
details.fullDetails.submitter
ANOLIK, BENJAMIN
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
14
details.fullDetails.signature
א-2557/180
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection