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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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item Id
5246203
First Name
Yechiel
Yekhiel
Last Name
Vaks
Date of Birth
1924
Place of Birth
Rejowiec, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/10/04
Date of Creation - latest
12/10/04
Name of Submitter
וקס יחיאל
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection