Testimony of Isaak Eichenbaum, born in Bedzin, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, a ghetto and various forced labor camps in Silesia

Testimony of Isaak Eichenbaum, born in Bedzin, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the ghetto and various forced labor camps in Silesia Childhood in a traditional home; studies mechanical metalwork in Sosnowiec, 1938. Witness and his family escape to the north, 01 September 1939; return to Bedzin a few days later; annexation of the area to the Reich; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; deportation to the ghetto; ghetto life, 1939-1941; deportation to Sosnowiec, March 1941; deportation to Cosel camp; labor building sheds; transfer to Reichsautobahn-Lager (RAB) at Auenrode three months later; camp life; deportation of his father to Markstaedt labor camp; deportation of his mother to extermination in Auschwitz; transfer to Blechhammer camp, 1943; transfer to Zwittau camp; labor sewing tents at the Bartel factory; transfer by train to Faulbrueck, 1944; labor at a factory that produces timers for bombs at the Langenbielau camp; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Move to Reichenbach; return to Bedzin; family immigrates to the United States; aliya to Israel, 1948.