Testimony of Aharon Ofen, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Melk and Ebensee

Testimony of Aharon Ofen, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Melk and Ebensee Family with 10 children; his father owns a fish and poultry shop. Establishment of the Tarnow Ghetto, 1941; survival of the family due to a work permit, obtained for them by a German fish supplier, that was valid until the deportation, 1942; deportation with his sister to labor in Plaszow; labor tailoring; transfer of his sister to labor in Kamienna Skarzysko, six months later; murder of his parents in Treblinka; camp life in Plaszow for approximately 18 months; transfer to Mauthausen via Auschwitz; transfer to Melk and labor building gravel ramps, two weeks later; approach of the US Army front and evacuation to Ebensee; evacuation by the Jewish Brigade to Italy and then to Sicily; liberation, 05 May 1945. Sets sail on the "Wedgwood" ship and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.