Blumsztajn

Testimony of Yaakov Blumsztajn, born in Piotrkow, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Radom, Auschwitz, Vaihingen and other places From a religious family; deaths of his parents, 1936; move to his aunt's house in Kartuzy; completion of his studies and move to his brother in Lodz. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Piotrkow ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to a work camp on the border between the Soviet Union and Germany; camp life including digging anti-tank trenches; transfer back to the Piotrkow Ghetto, Sukkot (17 October) 1940; ghetto life, including labor as an apprentice builder; liquidation of the Piotrkow Ghetto; transfer to Radom, October 1942; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Vaihingen; camp life including labor building subterranean factories; transfer to Unterriexingen, February 1944; camp life including construction labor; transfer to Leonberg, April 1944; camp life including labor in an aircraft replacement parts depot; transfer to Dachau; camp life including hospitalization; labor disinfecting clothing; death march; liberation at Czarnkow. Move to Austria; life in Austria including marriage; aliya to Israel, 1949.