Testimony of Samuel Dentes, born in Khania, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Athens, the Haidari prison, Auschwitz and Budy

Testimony of Samuel Dentes, born in Khania, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Athens, the Haidari prison, Auschwitz and Budy Life in Khania and Kavala before the war; move to Athens, 1941. Life under Italian occupation; famine, winter 1941-1942; attitude of the Italian soldiers; German occupation, September 1943; registration of Jews; obligation to report to the synagogue once a week; call from Rabbi Barzilai and the Communist groups to the Jews of Athens to leave the city; yellow badge; collective punishments; confiscation of property; gathering up the Jews of the city and their imprisonment in the Haidari prison, March 1944; help from the Greek policemen; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor at construction and digging; abuse; transfer to labor in the Canada Kommando after three months; transfer to Budy after nine months; evacuation of the camp; death march; murder of the weak en route; transfer from camp to camp; air-raids; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Hospitalization; move to DP camps in Germany and Italy; return to Athens; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.