Testimony of Schlomo Stanislaw Lenz, born in Sniatyn, Poland, 1902, regarding his experiences in Lwow, Czwartakow, Sniatyn and in hiding in Cernauti
Testimony of Schlomo Stanislaw Lenz, born in Sniatyn, Poland, 1902, regarding his experiences in Lwow, Czwartakow, Sniatyn and in hiding in Cernauti
Testimony of Schlomo Stanislaw Lenz, born in Sniatyn, Poland, 1902, regarding his experiences in Lwow, Czwartakow, Sniatyn and in hiding in Cernauti
Establishment of a living quarter for Germans in Lwow after the German occupation, June 1941; labor as a Jewish skilled professional near the German living area; life in Czwartakow camp including the SS men: Steiner, Pichtner, Hiob, Hoffmann, Keil, Ost, Niebel, Sholl and others; relations among the SS men; murder of a Jewish carpenter during roll-call by Sholl as a result of a competition; "Aktion" in Lwow, July 1942; receives help from Niebel in providing protection documents for his family; visit of Himmler to Lwow; murder of mentally ill patients in a hospital for wounded Italians in Kulparkow, August 1942; transfer of inmates from Czwartakow to Janowska; escape of his wife and son to Hungary; hearsay testimony of Feczko, a Polish engineer, to the killing of Keil by Tadeuz Drotkovski, a Jewish inmate from Lodz, in Czwartakow; entrenchment of the Jew in a garage and his shooting at the Ukrainian staff and the SS; retaliatory acts and murder of inmates on orders from Hiob, March 1943; escape from the camp to Sniatyn with the help of Alex Rohe, a German architect and member of the SS; escort provided by Rohe based on forged travel orders; life in Sniatyn including help from the Cojow Ukrainian family; escape across the Romanian border; life being hidden by relatives in Cernauti; liberation.
Move to Czechoslovakia; reunion with his family; aliya to Israel, 1949; contacts with Rohe who lives in Munich.
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item Id
3740009
First Name
Schlomo
Stanislaw
Last Name
Lenz
Date of Birth
1902
Place of Birth
Sniatyn, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
3093
Language
German
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives