Testimony of Nachum Blatt, born in Rezekne, Latvia, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Rezekne Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof and Danzig

Testimony of Nachum Blatt, born in Rezekne, Latvia, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Rezekne Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthof and Danzig Life in Rezekne before the war; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of the war; work manufacturing artificial coal; deportation to the Rezekne Ghetto; "Aktions"; murder of his parents; deportation to forced labor; visit of Adolf Eichmann; murder of Judenrat members and Jewish policemen; liquidation of the Rezekne Ghetto; deportation to Kaiserwald by truck; camp life including construction labor; approach of the Red Army; transfer to Stutthof by boat; life in Stutthof; selection; labor manufacturing artificial coal; abuse of Jews; transfer to Danzig; camp life including labor in a submarine parts factory; labor next to Italian POWs; put on trial for stealing food and sentenced to death by hanging; rescue by a German named Fink; liquidation of the camp, winter 1944; the Germans flee; unsuccessful attempt to escape by Jews due to their weakness; liberation by the Red Army. Life in Poland; pogroms against the Jews; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Galilah", 1949.