Testimony of Natan Gintzburg, born in Tarnow, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Gusen and Guenskirchen camps, and a death march

Testimony of Natan Gintzburg, born in Tarnow, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Gusen and Guenskirchen camps, and a death march Family background; education; antisemitism. Outbreak of the war and escape of Jews to the Soviet Union; entry of the Germans, 07 September 1939; burning of synagogues, 09 September 1939; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; deportation of Jews to Auschwitz, spring 1940; four "Aktions" that include the murder of Jews in their homes, on the streets and deportation of Jews to Belzec, June 1942-September 1943; liquidation of the Tarnow Ghetto and the deportation of the 120 remaining ghetto inmates to Plaszow, 08 February 1944; cruelties by camp commander Goeth; transfer to Mauthausen, August 1944; labor in a stone quarry; transfer to Gusen II; labor in a Messerschmitt aircraft factory; death march to Guenskirchen, 25 April 1945; liberation by the US Army, 05 May 1945. Move to Salzburg, June 1945; move to Italy with help from Bericha organization; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel, August 1946; deportation to Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, March 1947.