Testimony of Yisrael Lichtenstein Lior, born in Zambrow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Zambrow Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lagisza and Jaworzno
His family before the war.
Soviet occupation and economic ramifications; German occupation, 1941; decrees on the community; murder of 2,000 men, autumn, 1941; establishment of the Zambrow Ghetto; ghetto life until 1942; deportation to a former military camp until January, 1943; camp life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including an attack on a German by a Jewish female inmate; life in Lagisza; transfer to Jaworzno; death march in the direction of Blechhammer, January, 1945; escape to a forest; joins inmates of various nationalities; liberation.
Move to Bialystok; move to Romania; aliya to Eretz Israel, November 1945; absorption.
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3564834
First Name
Yisrael
Last Name
Lichtenstein
Likhtenshtein
Lior
Date of Birth
1920
Place of Birth
Zambrow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
10305
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives