Testimony of Shmuel Pistol, born in Wieliczka, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Dobczyce, Plaszow, Skarzysko Kamienna and camps in Germany

Testimony of Shmuel Pistol, born in Wieliczka, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Wieliczka, Dobczyce, Plaszow, Skarzysko Kamienna and camps in Germany His childhood in Wieliczka. Outbreak of the war; German occupation; murder of 32 Jews, abuse and damage to property; move to Dobczyce; deportation to Plaszow; camp life; transfer to Skarzysko Kamienna; cruelties by the Polish labor foremen; labor in Werk 1 factory; sabotage by the Polish underground; instances of death; disease and exhaustion among the inmates; transfer to Buchenwald and then to Schlieben; labor in a factory producing anti-tank weapons; escapes from the camp; return of the escapees and their punishment; evacuation to Theresienstadt; liberation in Landsberg, 08 May 1945. Meets Jewish Brigade soldiers in Italy; sets sail to Eretz Israel and aliya attempt on the "Shabbetai Lozinski" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949.