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Testimony of Pejsach Bursztejn, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and Birkenau

Testimony of Pejsach Bursztejn, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and Birkenau Description of the site intended for construction of Auschwitz; building of Auschwitz, 1941 [should be: 1940]; deportation of the first political inmates from Germany to Auschwitz; abuse of the inmates; erection of the first gas chamber in the bunker; building of Auschwitz2-Birkenau, winter 1942 [should be: 1941]; activating the gas chambers in Birkenau; burning of corpses b...
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item Id
3714327
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
203
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
M.11 - The Bialystok Ghetto Underground Archive (Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive)
Date of Creation - earliest
10/02/1946
Date of Creation - latest
10/02/1946
Name of Submitter
עו"ד מ.טורעק, יו"ר הוועדה היהודית ההסטורית ב-BIALYSTOK
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
5
Connected to Item
M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground
Form of Testimony
Written testimony