Testimony of Moshe Engel, born in Mlawa, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Mlawa Ghetto, Miedzeszyn Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places
Testimony of Moshe Engel, born in Mlawa, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Mlawa Ghetto, Miedzeszyn Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places
Testimony of Moshe Engel, born in Mlawa, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Mlawa Ghetto, Miedzeszyn Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places
From a family of hasidim; his father is a merchant; attends a Talmud Torah; move to Warsaw with his father, 1939.
German occupation, September 1939; anti-Jewish decrees; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; escape back to Mlawa; life in the Mlawa ghetto; transfer to Miedzeszyn; life in the Miedzeszyn Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, November 1942; camp life including participation in a course for builders; labor at construction; transfer to Buna, 1944; death march to Gleiwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; liberation by the US Army, April 1945.
Return to Poland; Zionist training in Warsaw; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
3558938
First Name
Moshe
Last Name
Engel
Date of Birth
1925
Place of Birth
Mlawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
5009
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives