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Hyman Khaim Widawsky
Testimony
Testimony of Chaim Hyman Widawsky, born in Krakow, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Plaszow, Gross-Rosen and Ebensee
From a Hasidic family; learns in a Talmud Torah; displays of antisemitism.
German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees; confiscation of property; forced labor; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz; deportation with his father to Plaszow; camp life including labor constructing barracks; deportation to Gross- Rosen; transfer to Ebensee; cannibalism; hospitalization; liberation.
Move to France; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
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item Id
4070684
First Name
Chaim
Hyman
Khaim
Last Name
Vidavski
Widawsky
Date of Birth
11/01/1925
Place of Birth
Krakow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
02/04/02
Date of Creation - latest
02/04/02
Name of Submitter
WIDAWSKY HYMAN
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection