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Testimony of Esther (Sztajnbok) Pollak, born in Lublin, Poland, 1938, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Germany with her mother using the false identity of a forced laborer and her daughter
Testimony
Testimony of Esther (Sztajnbok) Pollak, born in Lublin, Poland, 1938, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Germany with her mother using the false identity of a forced laborer and her daughter
German occupation, September 1939; being hidden by a Polish family in Lublin; return to her mother after a short time; escape to Germany with her mother using the false identity of a Polish forced laborer; travel on a train with her mother; learning Christian religious customs; arrival in Eckernfoerde; her mother's work in a German restaurant; church attendance; deportation with her mother to a labor camp in Eckernfoerde; her mother's labor in a fish factory; camp life; air-raids; liberation, May 1945.
Life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, May 1947.
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item Id
7618764
First Name
Esther
Last Name
Polak
Pollak
Maiden Name
Shteinbok
Sztajnbok
Date of Birth
1/05/1938
Place of Birth
Lublin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/12/08
Date of Creation - latest
17/12/08
Name of Submitter
Pollak Sztajnbok Esther
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection