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Testimony of Chanoch Barokes, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a young child in the Kozminek Ghetto, Schwenningen and Auschwitz

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Testimony of Chanoch Barokes, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a young child in the Kozminek Ghetto, Schwenningen and Auschwitz Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Kozminek Ghetto; capture by the Germans; deportation to Schwenningen; camp life as the youngest child; transfer to Auschwitz; life in the Maurerschule; selections by Mengele; hides in a sewer during a selection; death march in the direction of Dachau; liberation by the US Army. Under the auspices of the Jewish Brigade; move to Italy; rehabilitation in a children's home in Firenze; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; absorption.
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5653813
details.fullDetails.firstName
Chanoch
Khanokh
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Barokas
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02/03/1933
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Kozminek, Poland
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Testimony
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12654
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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18/12/05
details.fullDetails.latestDate
18/12/05
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ברוקס חנוך
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YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
35
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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