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Testimony of Reuven Rubin Kamrat, born in Skala, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Skarzyski-Kamienna, Plaszow, Prokocim camp, Buchenwald and other places

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Testimony of Reuven Rubin Kamrat, born in Skala, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Skarzyski-Kamienna, Plaszow, Prokocim camp, Buchenwald and other places Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; life until 1941; deportation to Prokocim, 1941; camp life; life in Plaszow camp; life in nearby camps; escape of his father and brother; deportation during the "Aktion"; transfer to Plaszow; camp life for a few days; transfer to Skarzysko-Kamienna; camp life in factory C; labor in shifts until summer 1944; transfer by train to Buchenwald; camp life including futile shifting of rocks from place to place; transfer to Schlieben; life in Schlieben including labor putting together bombs; transfer to Theresienstadt, spring 1945; liberation by the Red Army. Convalescence; move to Germany; aliya to Israel, 1948
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5750492
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Reuven
Rubin
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Kamrat
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02/01/1926
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Skala, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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17/12/07
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17/12/07
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ראובן רובין קמרט
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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