Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen

Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen Zionist youth movement activities; displays of antisemitism before the war. Occupation of Poland; air-raids; pogroms against the Jews; executions by hanging; forced labor; "Aktions"; deportation to Roksman, November 1941; injury; treatment by a physician of Jewish origin; transfer to Wittenberge, February 1942; rebuilding the camp; Red Cross delegation; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1943; constructing the cellars in coal mines for potato storage and a cannon factory; the camp orchestra; mutual help among the inmates; Allied approach; death march; transfer to Mauthausen; many deaths in the railroad cars during the transfer; abuse; selection; transfer of skilled craftsmen (machinists) to Gusen; labor in a Messershmitt aircraft factory; physical abuse of the inmates; mass mortality; receives food parcels from the Red Cross; unsuccessful attempt of the Germans to murder the inmates in the bunker; liberation by the US Army. Meeting with Jewish Brigade soldiers; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.