Testimony of Baruch Abend, born in Tyczyn, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Tyczyn, Lwow, the Rzeszow Ghetto, Szebnie, Buna and other places

Testimony of Baruch Abend, born in Tyczyn, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Tyczyn, Lwow, the Rzeszow Ghetto, Szebnie, Buna and other places Life before the war; religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow including deportation to Rybinsk by the Soviets; camp life; return to Lwow; move to Tyczyn; deportation to the Rzeszow Ghetto, 1942; Rzeszow Ghetto life; activities of the Judenrat; transfer with the Jews to a square; selection and the deportation of his parents; selection and deportation to Szebnie, 1943; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz- Birkenau; camp life including labor in odd jobs; transfer to Buna as a metalworker; camp life; receives help form British POWs; inmates' unsuccessful attempts to escape; playing of the orchestra; approach of the war front, winter 1944-1945; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life; approach of the front and enduring of air-raids; transfer from the camp and finds a hiding place; liberation by the US Army, April 1945. Move to France; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Mataroa" ship, 1945.