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Testimony of Kalman Checinski, born in Plawno, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG weapons factory

Testimony
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Testimony of Kalman Checinski, born in Plawno, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG weapons factory Life in Czestochowa before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation with his family to the Czestochowa Ghetto, September 1939; ghetto life including labor on railroad tracks; liquidation of the ghetto, 1942; deportation to labor in a HASAG weapons factory; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Move to Hannover; search for relatives; move to Zeilsheim; life in a refugee camp; move to the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; move to Essen, 1948; contact with the Jewish community; enlisted by Haganah representatives; preparation in France for aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Hatikvah", 1948.
item Id
7040132
First Name
Kalman
Last Name
Checinski
Khenchinski
Date of Birth
20/12/1924
Place of Birth
Plawno, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/03/08
Date of Creation - latest
16/03/08
Name of Submitter
Checinski Kalman
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