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Testimony of Mordechai Szymonowicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen

Testimony of Mordechai Szymonowicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen From a well-to-do Lodz family. German occupation, September 1939; escape of his father and sister in the direction of the Soviet Union; termination of studies; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including prayer services in secret; death of his grandfather; joins a group of youth selling cigarettes; smuggling food into the Lo...
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5745391
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Mordechai
Mordekhai
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Shemonovitz
Szymonowicz
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1927
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Lodz, Poland
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Testimony
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12784
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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24/07/06
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24/07/06
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שמעונוביץ מרדכי
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YES
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80
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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