Testimony of David Hershlikovitz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sakrau Ghetto, the Blechhammer camp, the Greiditz camp, the Klettendorf camp and other places

Testimony of David Hershlikovitz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sakrau Ghetto, the Blechhammer camp, the Greiditz camp, the Klettendorf camp and other places Life before the war; learns in a "heder" and a Polish elementary school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to family in Sosnowiec; life in Sosnowiec; deportation to the Sakrau Ghetto; ghetto life; search for food; transfer with Jews to the square in Sosnowiec; selection, 1942; deportation to the Sakrau camp; life in the Greiditz camp; life in the Blechhammer camp; life in the Klettendorf camp; approach of the front; evacuation to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Buchenwald by death march; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Medical treatment; meeting with Rabbi Schechter; help in the transfer from Buchenwald to France with children; life in France under the auspices of Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE); studies in an Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) school; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Tel Chai", 1946.