Testimony of Moshe Hechtman, born in Sandomierz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ruda Opalin, Skreet, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other camps

Testimony of Moshe Hechtman, born in Sandomierz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ruda Opalin, Skreet, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other camps Life before the war. German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees including kidnappings; transfer to Krasnik Lubelski; camp life; deportation to Ruda Opalin; camp life; transfer to Skreet; camp life including labor loading fuel barrels; transfer to Budzhin; camp life including labor in a Beitleck factory; transfer to Majdanek; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Gleiwitz; camp life; transfer to Blechhammer; camp life; liberation by the Red Army. Landsberg DP camp life; move to Feldafing DP camp; sets sail on the "Altalena" ship; shelling of the "Altalena" ship by the IDF; enlists in the IDF; participation in the War of Independence and wounded in combat.