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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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item Id
3739880
First Name
Shimon
Szymon
Last Name
Chmiel
Khmiel
Date of Birth
23/03/1908
Place of Birth
Myszyniec, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
2264
Language
Polish
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/01/1961
Date of Creation - latest
17/01/1961
Name of Submitter
CHMIEL, SZYMON
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
11
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Archival Signature
ח-1501/9
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Subjects
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository