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Yekhiel Vaks
Testimony
Testimony of Yechiel Vaks, born in Rejowiec, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Jaworzno
Life before the war; attends a elementary school.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; German occupation; yellow badge; work in a sugar factory; deportation to Majdanek with his brother, 1943; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Jaworzno; camp life including labor in a coal mine; death march to Blechhammer; liberation.
Return to Rejowiec; move to Chelm; marriage; move to Zeilsheim DP camp; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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Yechiel
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Vaks
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1924
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Rejowiec, Poland
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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12/10/04
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12/10/04
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וקס יחיאל
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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