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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.
item Id
3556842
First Name
Beniamin
Benjamin
Last Name
Anolik
Place of Birth
Wilno, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
3084
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
01/02/1966
Date of Creation - latest
01/02/1966
Name of Submitter
ANOLIK, BENJAMIN
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
14
Archival Signature
א-2557/180
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection