Testimony of Robert Shaki, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in captivity in Iraklion, with the Greek partisans, the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Goleszow and other places

Testimony of Robert Shaki, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in captivity in Iraklion, with the Greek partisans, the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Goleszow and other places From a well-to-do family; displays of antisemitism and reactions of the Jews; German occupation, 1941; draft into the Greek Army; taken captive by the Germans at Iraklion; hides his Jewish identity; release; return home; activities with the Greek partisans; help to people escaping to the hills; anti-Jewish legislation, early 1943; transfer of his father's business to a non-Jew; deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto; ghetto life including looting of property and raping of girls; deportation to Auschwitz, spring 1943; murder of his father; camp life including labor paving a road from Auschwitz to Birkenau; transfer to Goleszow; camp life including labor in a cement factory; help from Polish citizens; transfer to Oranienburg, January 1945; camp life including labor clearing rubble; transfer to Ravensbrueck; helps with supplying food to the women's camp; labor as a mechanic; transfer to Engel; camp life and rescue from death due to his profession as a mechanic; transfer to Sachsenhausen; camp life including labor cleaning dogs' cages; death march to Wittstock; liberation by the Red Army. Convalescence in the home of a German woman; Bericha activities; aliya to Israel, 1949.