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Testimony of Bernard Aptaker, born in Zakrzowek, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in hiding in Biszcza, Krasnik, Budzyn, Wieliczka and other places

Testimony
Testimony of Bernard Aptaker, born in Zakrzowek, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in hiding in Biszcza, Krasnik, Budzyn, Wieliczka and other places German occupation; arrests; deportation of the witness's father to a labor camp and his release in exchange for a bribe; hidden by Poles; escape to Dzialoszyce and return; deportation to Krasnik; escape and hidden by Polish farmers in Biszcza; move to Zakrzowek; capture and deportation to Krasnik a second time; deportation of his mother and younger brother; transfer to Budzyn with his father and brother; camp life including a character sketch of Feix, the commandant, and treatment by the German and Ukrainian guards; transfer to Wieliczka, spring 1944; transfer to Flossenbuerg; camp life; transfer by train during an air-raid; transfer to Flossenbuerg a second time; death march to Dachau; liberation by the US Army.
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3791715
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Bernard
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Aptaker
Apteker
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1926
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Zakrzowek, Poland
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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APTAKER BERNARD
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection