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Testimony of Dov Heintz Sternlicht, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and Berlin

Testimony of Dov Heintz Sternlicht, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and Berlin Life before the war; education. German occupation, 1939; learns carpentry; member of Hashomer Hatzair; escape of his father to the Soviet Union and his death; labor clearing snow; deportation to Theresienstadt Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in carpentry and building barracks; deportation to Germany; life in a forest including labor building barracks; transfer to Berlin; deportation back to Theresienstadt; ghetto life including meeting his mother and typhus; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Ostrava; joins aliya training; aliya to Israel, 1949; life in Israel including marriage and starting a family.
item Id
4032727
First Name
Dov
Heintz
Last Name
Shternlikht
Sternlicht
Date of Birth
27/09/1925
Place of Birth
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/10/01
Date of Creation - latest
28/10/01
Name of Submitter
STERNLICHT DOV
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection