Testimony of David Daniel Baran, born in Lodz, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaltwasser, Friedland, Schottenwerk and other camps

Testimony of David Daniel Baran, born in Lodz, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaltwasser, Friedland, Schottenwerk and other camps Life before the war. Drafted into the Polish Army at Warsaw, September 1939; entry of the Germans; return to Lodz; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1940; labor as a foreman on a farm in Marysin, 1941; fostering refugees; interrogation of his father by the secret police, 1942; ghetto life including help in the smuggle of food and rescue of Jews from deportation; liquidation of the ghetto; deportation of most the family to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Kaltwasser camp, autumn 1944; camp life including labor logging trees; liquidation of the camp, winter 1944; transfer to Friedland camp; camp life including forced labor in the camp commander's greenhouse; transfer to Schottenwerk camp, April 1945; liberation by the Red Army, 08 May 1945. Return home; displays of antisemitism; move to Berlin; move to an UNRRA camp in Stuttgart; camp life including work as a counselor in agriculture; move to Italy; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; deportation to Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949.