Shimon Hale

Testimony of Shimon Hale, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz, Budy, Mauthausen and Ebensee camps His family's life before the war; death of his parents. Outbreak of the war; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; smuggled with his sister to a farm in Marysin with the help of his brother; life on the farm until 1942; return to the ghetto; labor in a shoe factory; stay in the "Bursa" educational institution; liquidation of the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his brother and sister; transfer to Budy; labor in agriculture; evacuation to Mauthausen, January 1945; stay in Ebensee camp for approximately one month; liberation by the US Army. Move to Italy with the help of the Jewish Brigade; aliya to Israel.