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Testimony of Volf Weis, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz Dolny, Belzyce, Budzyn and other places

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Testimony of Volf Weis, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz Dolny, Belzyce, Budzyn and other places Modern tradional family; displays of antisemitism, 1933. Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life including the smuggling of food; escape, 1941; wanderings in the Gora Kalwaria area; life in Kazimierz Dolny including work in exchange for a place to sleep; escape; joins a group of Jews in Belzyce; murder of inmates unfit for labor; transfer to Budzyn; tattooing of letters "KL" on his hand and labor outside the camp; abuse by Ukrainian guards; transfer to Ramom; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; transfer to Feldafing via Auschwitz; camp life including labor digging tunnels; transfer to Hessental; camp life including labor in fields, 1945; air-raids; labor clearing rubble near Stuttgart; transfer to Dachau; transfer to Allach; transfer in the direction of Austria; liberation by the US Army, late April 1945. Life in DP camps; help organizing illegal immigration to Eretz Israel; locates relatives in Paris; emigration to Argentina.
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5732825
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Volf
Wollf
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Veis
Wajs
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19/09/1928
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Warszawa, Poland
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Testimony
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Yiddish
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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13/06/06
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13/06/06
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וייס וולף
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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