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Testimony of David Leon Monowicz, born in Szczekociny, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Srodula Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Ebensee

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Testimony of David Leon Monowicz, born in Szczekociny, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Srodula Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Ebensee Move to Sosnowiec because of his father's work. German occupation; deportation to the Srodula Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a factory sewing uniforms for the German Army; liquidation of the Srodula Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor repairing and patching inmates' clothing; transfer to Mauthausen, 1945; transfer to Ebensee; camp life including labor with Soviet prisoners; uprising of the Soviet prisoners and killing of the camp commander; liberation by the US Army. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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4437155
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David
Leon
Lion
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Monovitz
Monowicz
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1918
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Szczekociny, 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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17/07/03
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27/07/03
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MONOWICZ LEON
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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