Testimony of Efraim Furman, born in Wasiliszki, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences in Biala Podlaska camp, Konskowola camp, Budzyn camp, Plaszow camp, Gross-Rosen camp and more

Testimony of Efraim Furman, born in Wasiliszki, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences in Biala Podlaska camp, Konskowola camp, Budzyn camp, Plaszow camp, Gross-Rosen camp and more Death of his mother before the war; work of his father as a tailor; marriage of his elder brother; five siblings; service in the Polish Army before the war; Being taken prisoner by the Germans one half year after the beginning of the war; transfer to a POW camp in Stalag 1; life in Stalag 1 including forced labor in a separate regiment for Jewish POWs, until late 1940; deportation from Germany to Poland, 1941; arrival at Biala Podlaska camp; camp life including forced labor in building an airport, for a period of one year; typhus; convalescence; transfer to Konskowola camp; camp life including forced labor in road construction and assembly of telephones, until 1942; transfer to Budzyn camp; camp life including forced labor in the Henkel Company aircraft factory, for approximately two years; transfer to Wieliczka; transfer to Plaszow camp; camp life including forced labor in digging; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp; camp life for approximately nine days; transfer to Oskar Schindler's camp, 1945; camp life for two weeks; Arrival in Krakow; travel to Romania; arrival in Rome via the JDC; marriage in Italy; travel to Uruguay via the JDC after receiving a visa from his father-in-law living in Montevideo; The interview was conducted by Mikhail Gilelakh, 12 December 1996.