Jakub Trzcina

Testimony of Jakub Trzcina, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Budzin, Mielec, Flossenbuerg and Mauthausen Hasidic family; attends a "heder" and a rabbinical "Beit Midrash" (religious study hall); studies economics at the University of Warsaw; displays of antisemitism; membership inf Beitar youth movement; Zionist activities; activities in the Revenge resistance group; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Pesach 1943; deportation to Budzin; life in Budzin including forced labor in an aircraft factory; transfer to Mielec; transfer to Flossenbuerg; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life including forced labor in an aircraft factory; liberation by the US Army, 05 May 1945. Activities in the Bericha to rescue children; establishment of a Holocaust Centre with Simon Wiesenthal; work with the Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod (UJA); Keren Hayesod (UJA) representative in Brazil and stays there as a permanent resident.