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Testimony of Jacob Jack Efrat, born in Riga, Latvia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof, Magdeburg, wanderings in forests and other places

Testimony of Jacob Jack Efrat, born in Riga, Latvia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof, Magdeburg, wanderings in forests and other places Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; riots by Latvians against the Jews in Riga; life in hiding while hidden by a Latvian named Karlis Dumius, for 10 weeks; Riga Ghetto life including "Aktions", late November 1941; capture; joined to a group of Jews who buried the murdered people in a Jewish burial; labor in the German H.K.P. vehicle factory; transfer to Dzerbenes; transfer to Kaiserwald; transfer to Strassenhof; transfer to Stutthof; camp life including labor sorting uniforms of German soldiers who had been killed at the front; transfer to Magdeburg with 500 Jews; camp life including labor in a factory as a mechanic; liquidation of the camp; escape; injury; meets in the forests with people in the underground from various nationalities; wanderings in forests in the surrounding area; meets US Army soldiers, April 1945.
item Id
3557503
First Name
Jack
Jacob
Yaakov
Last Name
Efrat
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
3786
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
01/10/1972
Date of Creation - latest
01/10/1972
Name of Submitter
EFRAT, JACOB JACK
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
20
Archival Signature
א-3348/239
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection