Testimony of Avraham Mano, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in forced labor, the Larissa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Warsaw and Muldorf
From a well-to-do family; witness's father owns a store; attends a Talmud Torah.
German occupation, April 1940; deportation to forced labor in mines, 1942; escape to Larissa, March 1943; life in the Larissa Ghetto; details about Rabbi Koretz, the head of the community; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buna; camp life including labor hauling sacks of cement in a rubber factory; deaths of family members; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Warsaw, September 1944; camp life; deportation on foot to Muldorf, October 1944; camp life including labor in a concrete structure; labor mortality; labor in the kitchen and unloading food; liberation, April 1945.
Work disarming bombs; Feldafing DP camp; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
5419589
First Name
Avraham
Last Name
Mano
Date of Birth
05/09/1919
Place of Birth
Thessaloniki, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives