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Testimony of Moshe Bienental, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, as a forced laborer in Germany and a death march

Testimony
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Testimony of Moshe Bienental, born in Lodz, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, as a forced laborer in Germany and a death march Life before the war; displays of antisemitism; help to Jewish refugees from Germany, 1938. Deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; escape from the ghetto with help from a smuggler; escape back to the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life including labor as an orderly; deportation to Auschwitz, September 1944; camp life including the murder of his sisters; disappearance of his parents; transfer to Germany; life in Germany including labor in an automobile factory; shelling of the factory; transfer to an additional factory; advance of the Red Army front; death march including the disappearance of German guards; liberation. Return to Poland; life in Poland including receiving help from the Red Cross organization; DP camp life in Austria; life in Italy; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
6816574
First Name
Moshe
Last Name
Bienental
Binental
Date of Birth
05/04/1924
Place of Birth
Lodz, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/11/07
Date of Creation - latest
22/11/07
Name of Submitter
Bienental Moshe
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