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Testimony of Mordechai Marton Adler, born in Dubove, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Dubove, Auschwitz, Dachau and Allach

Testimony
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Testimony of Mordechai Marton Adler, born in Dubove, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Dubove, Auschwitz, Dachau and Allach Life before the war; well-to-do religious family; witness learns in a "heder" and attends a state school. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions; Aryanization including the confiscation of merchandise; forced labor; Zionist activities of the Hamizrachi movement; preparation for life in hiding in the home of a Ukrainian in exchange for food; appointment of his father as the gabbai; his father's responsibility for the assembly of Jews before deportation; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including receiving food from a family relative; transfer to Dachau; camp life; transfer to Allach; camp life including receiving help from POWs; rescue of Jews from Dachau camp by local Germans; liberation by the US Army. Return to Dubove; life in Dubove including receiving knowledge regarding the murder of his mother and younger siblings in Auschwitz; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
6438815
First Name
Marton
Mordechai
Mordekhai
Last Name
Adler
Date of Birth
10/10/1927
Place of Birth
Dubove, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/03/07
Date of Creation - latest
12/03/07
Name of Submitter
אדלר מרדכי מרטון מוטן
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection