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Testimony of Karel Abeles, born in Teplice-Sanove, Czechoslovakia, 1926, submitted in the context of the Dokumentacni Akce (Documentation Project) in Prague, 16/08/1945

Testimony of Karel Abeles, born in Teplice-Sanove, Czechoslovakia, 1926, submitted in the context of the Dokumentacni Akce (Documentation Project) in Prague, 16/08/1945 Move of the family of Karel Abeles from Teplice-Sanov to Prague in October 1938 after the annexation of the Sudeten area to Germany; life in Prague until October 1941; Deportation to the Lodz Ghetto with his parents and his older brother on the third transport, 26 October 1941; Lodz Ghetto life, including their relations with Jews from Poland; death of his father due to infection, 05 March 1942; deportation of 25,000 Jews from the Lodz...

File Number : 219

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

Memoirs of Baruch Kasher, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and other camps

Memoirs of Baruch Kasher, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and other camps Memoirs written by Baruch Kasher on 02 May 2011, in memory of his parents Noach and Sara Kasher and his sister Bracha (Bronka) Kasher, who perished during the Holocaust: - His childhood and family; German occupation of Poland, and German occupation of Lodz; anti-Jewish legislation, and confiscation of property; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; transfer to forced labor in the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life including the living conditions; dysentery disease;...

File Number : 10647

Type of Material : Article, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Adek Gutman, born in Lodz, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps

Memoirs of Adek Gutman, born in Lodz, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camps Outbreak of the war in Poland; establishment of the Lodz Ghetto in 1940; Lodz Ghetto life; liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto in June 1944; deportation to Auschwitz with the Jews; arrival to Auschwitz camp, and selection by Dr. Mengele when he [Adek] was 19 years old; Auschwitz-Birkenau camp life; liquidation of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in late December 1944-early 1945; transfer to Austria on a death march; transfer to Mauthausen camp; transfer to...

File Number : 9354

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew