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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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item Id
3558750
First Name
Ovadia
Last Name
Cohen
Kohen
Date of Birth
17/12/1923
Place of Birth
Thessaloniki, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
4854
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Name of Submitter
כהן עובדיה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
14
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection