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Testimony of Szymon Chmiel, born in Myszyniec, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in the Lomza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen and Amstetten

Testimony of Szymon Chmiel, born in Myszyniec, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in the Lomza Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen and Amstetten Life in Lomza during air-raids, September, 1939; escape; capture of Jews and their deportation to a POW camp; return to the family home; life in the Lomza Ghetto from 1941; murder of Jews in the Gielczyn Forest, 1941; liquidation of the Lomza Ghetto, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz, January 1943; camp life until January 1945; transfer t...
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3739880
details.fullDetails.firstName
Shimon
Szymon
details.fullDetails.lastName
Chmiel
Khmiel
details.fullDetails.dob
23/03/1908
details.fullDetails.pob
Myszyniec, Poland
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Testimony
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2264
details.fullDetails.language
Polish
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
17/01/1961
details.fullDetails.latestDate
17/01/1961
details.fullDetails.submitter
CHMIEL, SZYMON
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YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
11
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.signature
ח-1501/9
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Written testimony
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection