Testimony of Shalom Hertzberg, born in Bedzin, regarding his experiences in Katowice and in Blechhammer and Buchenwald camps

Testimony of Shalom Hertzberg, born in Bedzin, regarding his experiences in Katowice and in Blechhammer and Buchenwald camps His family owns a flour mill; witness attends Hebrew schools; Hanoar Hatzioni activities, including membership in the official leadership; drafted to the Polish Army and service in Katowice. Outbreak of the war; taken captive; escape; return home; German occupation; labor as an economist in a German textile factory; membership in the Jewish youth movements underground; rescue from deportation to an extermination camp; deportation to Blechhammer camp; camp life, 1943-January 1945; evacuation of the camp; death march to Buchenwald; escape; life in hiding; meets US Army soldiers, 27 April 1945. Acts of revenge against the Germans; reunion with his wife and the birth of their daughter.