Testimony of Aharon Tzarfati, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berlin
Testimony of Aharon Tzarfati, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berlin
Testimony
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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item Id
5659502
First Name
Aharon
Last Name
Tzarfati
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Thessaloniki, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives