Avraham Sheinfeld

Testimony of Avraham Szeunfeld, born in Warta, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Warta Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto and Sachsenhausen Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; escape; arrival of refugees in Warta; sealing of the Warta Ghetto; deportation of Jews to Poznan; forced labor in the ghetto under guard; ghetto life; contact with the Poles; concentration of the Warta Jews in a church; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; deportation of Jews to Chelmno; deaths of his siblings; life in the Lodz Ghetto including forced labor; confiscation of bread by the Jewish police; help to others; illnesses and hunger; labor on Yom Kippur; deportation by train to Sachsenhausen; conditions on the train; reception at the camp; camp life including roll calls; change of the guard; labor at construction; placement of a Red Cross on the roof of the camp; liberation. Military manoeuvres on the roads; crossing the border; return to Warta; murders committed by the Poles in Warta; move to Berlin; move to Hannover; commerce; detention in prison; move to France; sets sail to Israel; reunion with his uncle in Jerusalem; military service in the IDF; work on Mount Scopus; marriage, 1951; starts a family.