Testimony of Shalom Pasternak, born in Seliste De Sus, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kassa, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other places
Testimony of Shalom Pasternak, born in Seliste De Sus, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kassa, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other places
Testimony of Shalom Pasternak, born in Seliste De Sus, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kassa, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other places
Religious family with many children; his father is a landowner and owns a flour mill; learns in a "heder" and a yeshiva.
Annexation to Hungary, 1940; deportation to forced labor, 1941; transfer to Kassa; life in Kassau; return home; German occupation; decrees including forced to hand over money and gold to the authorities; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue; deportation to the Dragomiresti Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life; transfer to Dora; transfer to Erlich; camp life including forced labor in construction and paving roads; injury; transfer to labor as a tailor and furrier; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by the British Army.
Recuperation; starts a family; finds work with the help of the JDC; aliya with two daughters to Israel, 1951.
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item Id
3741557
First Name
Shalom
Last Name
Pasternak
Date of Birth
1918
Place of Birth
Seliste de Sus, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives