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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

Testimony
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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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item Id
5653813
First Name
Chanoch
Khanokh
Last Name
Barokas
Date of Birth
02/03/1933
Place of Birth
Kozminek, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12654
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
18/12/05
Date of Creation - latest
18/12/05
Name of Submitter
ברוקס חנוך
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
35
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository