Testimony of Bezalel Mordovitz, born in Kolo, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Steineck, the Lodz Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchberg and other places

Testimony of Bezalel Mordovitz, born in Kolo, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Steineck, the Lodz Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchberg and other places Life before the war. German occupation, 1940; decrees; deportation to Steineck; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1943; detention in prison; transfer to Birkenau, 1943; transfer to Gruenberg; camp life and his role as the block elder; escape from Birkenau with his friend, 1944; death march to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Flossenbuerg; transfer to Dachau; transfer to Buchberg; life in a vacant military camp; liberation by the US Army, 01 May 1945. Move to Austria; move to Italy; life in a "kibbutz" in the Grote Pirate palace in Milan; sets sail on the "Mordei Hagetaot" ship and aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel; participation in Israel's War of Independence after the establishment of the State of Israel.