Testimony of Yitzkhak Likhtenfeld, born in Bedzin, 1927, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, Crawinkel, Gleiwitz, Blechhammer and Buchenwald camps
Testimony of Yitzkhak Likhtenfeld, born in Bedzin, 1927, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, Crawinkel, Gleiwitz, Blechhammer and Buchenwald camps
Testimony
Testimony of Yitzkhak Likhtenfeld, born in Bedzin, 1927, regarding his experiences in Bedzin, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, Crawinkel, Gleiwitz, Blechhammer and Buchenwald camps
Childhood and family background.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; his father is drafted into the Polish Army; deportation to the Bedzin Ghetto; deportation to Sosnowiec, selection; transfer to Crawinkel; labor in the mines; transfer to Gleiwitz for a short time; transfer to Blechhammer; labor at carpentry; death march to Buchenwald, 1944; life in children's barracks; liberation by the US Army, 1945.
Medical treatment; move to Sweden; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel; deportation to Cyprus; aliya, 1948; absorption.
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item Id
5344833
First Name
Yitzkhak
Last Name
Likhtenfeld
Date of Birth
1927
Place of Birth
Będzin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12560
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives