Testimony of Henry Meyer, born in Dresden, 1923, regarding his experiences in Dresden, Auschwitz and Ohrdurf camp

Testimony of Henry Meyer, born in Dresden, 1923, regarding his experiences in Dresden, Auschwitz and Ohrdurf camp Childhood and education in Germany and Czechoslovakia; studies music in Prague,1936-1939. Deportation to Buchenwald; is released and returns to Prague; entry of the Germans into Czechoslovakia; lives in Berlin; returns to Dresden; works in the Zeiss-Ikon factory; deportation of his parents to Riga; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, March 1943; labors in Bau Kommando; after suffering from an illness labors in a pharmacy for the SS; joins the male orchestra in the camp; uprising of the Sonderkommandos, October 1944; transfer to Ohrdurf camp; labors in an office; is appointed block elder; escapes with three friends; liberation by US Army, April 1945. Studies in Paris; journeys to the US, 1948.