Testimony of Jakow Traube, born in Piatek, 1921, regarding his experiences in Liebenau, Dora, Auschwitz, Gleiwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony of Jakow Traube, born in Piatek, 1921, regarding his experiences in Liebenau, Dora, Auschwitz, Gleiwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps Life before the war. Deportation to prison in Sieradz; return to Lodz and from there to Piatek; deportation to Liebenau labor camp, January 1941; labor on the Posen-Berlin road; transfer to Dora, January 1942; forced labor building a subterranean city; transfer to Birkenau, late 1942; forced labor in Auschwitz; tattoo of number 124250 on his arm; transfer to Buna camp, April 1943; forced labor in a factory for aircraft fuel; transfer to Gleiwitz, April 1943; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; death of thousands from starvation and disease; liberation by the British Army, 15 April 1945. Attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel, August 1946; deportation to Cyprus; marriage; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Kaf Gimel Yordei Hasira" ship, February 1947.