Testimony of Josef Binenstock, born in Wadowice, Poland, regarding his experiences in Ottmuth, Blechhammer, Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen and other places

Testimony of Josef Binenstock, born in Wadowice, Poland, regarding his experiences in Ottmuth, Blechhammer, Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen and other places From a large family; witness's father is a goldsmith and watchmaker. German occupation; arrest together with his father on the charge of hiding merchandise; release; demand of the Germans that father and son make gold rings from gold taken from the teeth of those murdered; threats of the German police to execute members of the family; volunteers to go to a labor camp; deportation to Ottmuth; camp life; help given to the inmates by the Judenaelteste, Karl Demerer; execution of a Jewish Kapo by the inmates; help from Holdinghauser, a German in the camp; transfer to Blechhammer; camp life including continued help from Demerer; liquidation of the camp; death march to Buchenwald; transfer to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Sachsenhausen; transfer to Oranienburg; transfer to Schwerin.