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Testimony of Aharon Tzarfati, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berlin

Testimony
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Testimony of Aharon Tzarfati, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berlin Life before the war; death of his father, 1936, work in a leather store and sells cigarettes on the street. German occupation, 1941; sells sweets to be able to survive; deportation to the Baron Hirsh - Thessaloniki Ghetto, 1943; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including surgery in the infimary; attends a construction school and labor building warehouses; transfer to Buna, late 1943; camp life including labor digging; transfer to Buchenwald, probably early 1945; transfer to Magdeburg; camp life including labor breaking rocks in a tunnel and laying railroad tracks; transfer to Berlin; liberation, April 1945. Return to Greece; aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
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5659502
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Aharon
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Tzarfati
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1926
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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10/01/06
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10/01/06
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צרפתי אהרון
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YES
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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