Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony of Avraham Pantfil, born in Rypin, Poland 1924, regarding his experiences in Rypin, the Mlawa Ghetto; Buna-Monowitz, Mauthausen and other places Life in Rypin. German occupation, 1939; deportation with his mother in the direction of the Soviet border; life in Miedzyrzec with refugees; escape to Rypin; deportation to the Mlawa Ghetto; ghetto life; his mother's death; selling of cigarettes by his younger brother; deportation of his grandfather and younger siblings; deportation to Auschwitz, early 1942; life in Buna-Monowitz; logging in the forests; murder of those who find the work difficult; selections; attempt to maintain sanitary habits; forced attendance at concerts; labor in the clothing warehouse and the Canada Kommando; shooting at inmates; escape attempts and public hangings; evacuation of the camp; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Ebensee; camp life; labor repairing railroad cars; liberation by the US Army. Move to Italy; joining an aliya training facility; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945; reunion with his brother; his brother's death in combat at Latrun, 1948.