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Yisrael Lior Likhtenshtein

Testimony
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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item Id
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
Date of Creation - earliest
29/09/1997
Date of Creation - latest
29/09/1997
Name of Submitter
ליאור (ליכטנשטיין), ישראל
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
39
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection