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Testimony of Yaakov Blumsztajn, born in Piotrkow, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Radom, Auschwitz, Vaihingen and other places From a religious family; deaths of his parents, 1936; move to his aunt's house in Kartuzy; completion of his studies and move to his brother in Lodz. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to the Piotrkow ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to a work camp on the border between the Soviet Union and Germany; camp life including digging anti-tank trenches; transfer back to the Piotrkow Ghetto, Sukkot (17 October) 1940; ghetto life, including labor as an...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ludwig Woerl, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Munich, Germany, 1906, regarding his experiences in Dachau, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz, Ebensee and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ludwig Woerl, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Munich, Germany, 1906, regarding his experiences in Dachau, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz, Ebensee and other places Life in Munich before the war; training as a volunteer Red Cross orderly; disseminates handbills about the Dachau concentration camp; organizes a group of opponents of the regime; deportation to Dachau, May 1934; camp life including torture and interrogation; life handcuffed in a bunker; murder of supporters of Ernst Roehm, the SA commander, July 1934; work as an orderly and arranging orderly service; list of names of sadists; meets...

File Number : 7657

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, German

Testimony of Adam Riszard Aptowicz, born in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Klaj, Plaszow, Prokocim, Biezanow and Skarzysko-Kamienna

Testimony

Testimony of Adam Riszard Aptowicz, born in Krakow, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto, Klaj, Plaszow, Prokocim, Biezanow and Skarzysko-Kamienna Life in the Krakow Ghetto including meetings with Dr. Michal Weichert, Chairman of the Jewish Assistance Office (JUS), and obtaining his help; labor as a physician in Klaj including work accidents; transfer of medicines and food to Klaj by Dr. Weichert; deportation to Plaszow; transfer to Prokocim, July 1943; camp life including labor as a physician; epidemic of typhus and shortage of medicine; reduction of patient mortality with help from the...

File Number : 582

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ruth (Landau Rosenstrauch) Reicher, born in Kunow, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Landau Rosenstrauch) Reicher, born in Kunow, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and in hiding Life before the war; her father was a rabbi; marriage and birth of her daughter. German occupation, September 1939; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 1943; life in hiding in a bunker; deportation to Majdanek, late April 1943; camp life including the murder of her husband and daughter; transfer to Auschwitz, autumn 1943; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, January 1945; liberation by the British...

File Number : 2855

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Hadasa Ada Adela Zewadje Zelicka, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences as a physician in the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Hadasa Ada Adela Zewadje Zelicka, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences as a physician in the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding German occupation of Vilna, June 1941; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life including "Aktions"; birth of her daughter in the Jewish hospital in the ghetto; death of her daughter, December 1941; labor as a physician and activities for the children in the ghetto; move to the Aryan side, September 1943; life in hiding with a Polish train worker with the help of a Polish physician Dr. Janowicz; air-raids on Vilna during the German retreat, 1944;...

File Number : 1827

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ajzyk Grunwald, born in Krakow, Poland, 1923, regarding castration of masses of young men in the context of medical experiments in Auschwitz, April 1943

Testimony of Ajzyk Grunwald, born in Krakow, Poland, 1923, regarding castration of masses of young men in the context of medical experiments in Auschwitz, April 1943 Taking of male inmates, ages 20-24, from Block 27 in Birkenau for castration surgery in Block 21 in Auschwitz; unsuccessful escape attempt before the surgery; preparation and castration under anesthesia for experimental purposes, according to the SS physician Schumann; severe pain after the surgery, and severe pain during urination up to the day of the testimony's submission; after the surgery, mortality of approximately 90% of the 3,000 men...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Liebesman, a physician from Stanislawow, regarding mass murders of the Jews of Stanislawow, "Aktions" against the Polish and Jewish intelligentsia, killing pits and acts of sadism by the Germans German occupation of Stanislawow, July 1941; torture and murder of over 500 men and women, including physicians, in an "Aktion" against the Jewish and Polish intelligentsia, starting 03 August 1941; acts of sadism against Rabbi Horowitz and his death; "Aktions" in Stanislawow under the direct command and participation of Krueger, head of the Gestapo; mass murders of Jews in the Jewish cemetery, including...

File Number : 443

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ludwik Fleck, born in Lwow, Poland, 1896, regarding his experiences in Lwow, in hiding, and in Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps

Testimony of Ludwik Fleck, born in Lwow, Poland, 1896, regarding his experiences in Lwow, in hiding, and in Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps Eviction with his family from their apartment in Lwow, September 1941; life in a rented room in the home of a Pole, in exchange for 10,000 zlotys; work as a physician in the Jewish hospital, under the administration of Dr. Kurzeck; in hiding with his wife and his 14 year old son while hidden in the home of Kurzeck during the "Aktion", 1942; death of his two sisters and his brothers-in-law; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto; Lwow Ghetto life, including living in one room...

File Number : 430

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Lili (Matzner) Hirschsprung, born in Bielsko, Poland, regarding her experiences in Lwow, in the Brzesko Ghetto and in hiding while hidden by a Pole in Jadowniki village

Testimony of Lili (Matzner) Hirschsprung, born in Bielsko, Poland, regarding her experiences in Lwow, in the Brzesko Ghetto and in hiding while hidden by a Pole in Jadowniki village Work by her husband as a commissar in a chemical factory in Lwow, during the Soviet occupation; search for her husband by the Germans, and his detention; she receives information concerning her husband, and sends packages for him by means of a Ukrainian guard in the prison, in exchange for bribery; information regarding the beating of her husband and his dying in the prison, several months later; her entrance into the prison for...

File Number : 396

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Liba Diefenbrun, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, in Plaszow camp, Auschwitz, Stutthof camp and Kokoszki

Testimony of Liba Diefenbrun, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Tarnow Ghetto, in Plaszow camp, Auschwitz, Stutthof camp and Kokoszki Life before the war; work as a seamstress; [German] occupation; death of her parents, sister and her fiance in the first deportation; death of her brother and his son in the second deportation; labor sewing uniforms; liquidation of the Tarnow Ghetto, 01 September 1942; deportation to Plaszow; murder of the children and the mothers, after an attempt to smuggle the children as packages inside backpacks; bodily search upon arrival to Plaszow camp;...

File Number : 369

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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