Testimony of Yakov Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna and Dora camps

Testimony of Yakov Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna and Dora camps Life before the war; witness attends an Alliance school; service in the Greek Army, from 1939; service in combat in Albania. Outbreak of the war, 1941; German occupation; deportation to the "Baron Hirsch" Ghetto, February 1943; deportation by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Buna; camp life; labor in the "sewage Kommando"; transfer to another Kommando; sells slacks sewn by a friend in exchange for cigarettes; exchanges the cigarettes for food; transfer by train to Dora, January 1945; camp life; liberation. Move to Sweden by Count Folke Bernadotte with a group of people, 02 May 1945; aliya to Israel, 1949.