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Shabtai Chekhanovski

Testimony
Testimony of Szapse Chehanovsky, born in Wloclawek, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Ozarow Ghetto, Skarzysko Kamienna, Sulejow, Czestochowa and other places Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Ozarow Ghetto by late 1940; deportation to Skarzysko Kamienna; camp life including labor hauling heavy items in a weapons factory; transfer to Sulejow, summer 1944; transfer to Czestochowa, August 1944; transfer to Buchenwald, January 1945; camp life including labor clearing away rubble; death march to Theresienstadt; liberation. Return to Poland; marriage; aliya to Israel, 1957.
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4316168
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Shabtai
Szapse
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Chehanovsky
Chekhanovski
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18/01/1918
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Wloclawek, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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02/07/02
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02/07/02
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CHEHANOVSKY SZAPSE
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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