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Testimony of Ovadia Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and other places

Testimony of Ovadia Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and other places German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees; life in the Thessaloniki Ghetto in the Baron Hirsch Quarter; deportation to Auschwitz, 1943; camp life with a group of inmates who were subjects of medical experiments under the supervision of Josef Mengele; transfer to Warsaw to clear away the Warsaw Ghetto rubble; life in Warsaw including relations with the Polish inmates; death march to Kutno; transfer to Dachau by train; labor building a tunnel for aircraft in Waldlager; labor for German farmers in Muehldorf; liberation by the US Army. Life in the Feldafing DP camp.
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3558750
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Ovadia
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Cohen
Kohen
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17/12/1923
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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Testimony
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4854
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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כהן עובדיה
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YES
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14
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection