Yitzkhak Rozenshtein

Testimony of Yitzhak Rozenstein, born in Sieradz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Ozorkow Ghetto, Poznan, Auschwitz and Jaworzno Life before the war; father owns a bakery; Jewish community; education; death of his brother in a fire; membership in Hashomer Hatzair. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 1939; family escape to Ozorkow; deportation of the Jews to a Polish Army camp; Jews are drafted to forced labor; ghetto life; transfer to Poznan; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Jaworzno; camp life including injury and hospitalization in the infirmary; death march to Blechhammer; liberation. Return home; death of the family; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1946; detention in Cyprus; aliya, 1948.