Testimony of Gershon Gotlib, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Dachau camp, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony of Gershon Gotlib, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Dachau camp, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; Zionist traditional family; Zionist youth movement activities; drafted to the Polish Army, July 1939. German occupation, September 1939; taken captive by the German Army; camp life; escape to Lodz; life in Lodz; restrictions on the Jews; yellow badge and restrictions on movement; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1941; ghetto life; activities of Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, head of the Judenrat; Jewish Police activities; transfer to forced labor; in hiding of his mother in a cellar of an apartment during "Aktions"; death of his grandparents; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life; selection and murder of his parents and sisters; labor hauling lumber; transfer with two brothers to Dachau, December 1944; transfer to Kaufering, March 1945; camp life; death of his brothers; transfer on a train; escape to Munich; liberation by the US Army. Marriage, 1946; life in Germany.