Testimony of Itzhak Bracha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna and Gleiwitz camps and the death march to Buchenwald

Testimony of Itzhak Bracha, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna and Gleiwitz camps and the death march to Buchenwald His father's death; helps to support the family. Outbreak of the war; bartering in order to support the family; deportation to the Baron Hirsch Ghetto on Pesach 1943; the behavior of the Wehrmacht and the Jewish collaborators; Rabbi Koretz; deportation to Auschwitz in cattle cars, 1943; en route; the entry into the camp; the tattooing of number 150929; forced labor next to the crematorium in Birkenau; working in Kommando 131 in the Buna camp; labor in the I.G. Farben factory; daily life; the Germans' attitude; connections with friends; the death march to the Gleiwitz camp, January 1945; the death march to the Buchenwald camp; forced labor, charging explosive material; life in the Bunker Lager; evacuation to Krawinkel; labor constructing railroad tracks. Liberation by the Americans; rehabilitation in DP camps in the Munich area until 1947; Aliya Bet; detention in Cyprus; life in Israel.