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Testimony of Schalom Karmesser born in Klimentow Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Radom prison and detention camps for British citizens in Holzburg and Sprottau

Testimony of Schalom Karmesser born in Klimentow Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Radom prison and detention camps for British citizens in Holzburg and Sprottau Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1933; visit to his parents in Klimentow, summer 1939. Outbreak of the war; attempt to escape across Ukraine; return to Klimentow; arrest as a foreign citizen; transfer to the prison in Radom; transfer to the detention camp for British citizens in Holzburg; camp life conducted according to the Geneva Convention; transfer to Sprottau; camp life conducted according to the Geneva Convention until the liberation; labor in the camp. Return to Eretz Israel via Marseille.
item Id
3741477
First Name
Schalom
Shalom
Last Name
Karmeser
Karmesser
Date of Birth
1910
Place of Birth
Klimentow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
26/03/1997
Date of Creation - latest
26/03/1997
Name of Submitter
KARMESSER SCHALOM
Original
YES
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection