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1. Imagined scene of inmates playing violins as Jews are sorted by German guards at a concentration camp
2006.125.22 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.125.22
Date:
creation: 2000 October 10
depiction: 1942-1945
Series Title:
Imagining Auschwitz
Artwork Title:
Auschwitz Orchestra and Crematorium
…Concentration camps--Poland--Oświęcim.--Pictorial works.…
2. Star of David membership pin owned by a former concentration camp inmate
1993.90.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.4
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps. Her daughter, Alina Kornblueth (1934-2005), from her first marriage, survived in hiding with a Christian…
3. Pair of tefillin taken from a concentration camp by an inmate at liberation
2000.580.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.580.1 a-b
Date:
found: 1945 January
…Yaakov Apelovitch was born circa 1929 to a Jewish family. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. On January 27, 1945…
4. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.3
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
Kol-nidre vagyis az engesztelő nap előző való estéjére
Kol-nidre, that is, the previous evening of the Day of Atonement
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
5. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.1
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
Jomkipur vagyis az engesztelő ünnep napjára
Yom Kippur, that is, the Day of Atonement
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
6. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.2
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
ros-hasono ünnep második napjára
Second day of the Rosh-Hashanah holiday
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
7. Pair of Tefillin and pouch originally used by Nuham Adler
2006.516.5 a-c front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.5 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
8. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by Mihail Adler
2006.516.4 a-c front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.4 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
9. Gisela Laufer Wortman, William Laufer, and Naum Wortman papers
1996.A.0309 Box 2 Folder 15 Image 12
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0309
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-2004
… deported to the concentration camp at Bogusze, Poland, and in January 1943 to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he worked in the hospital barracks. When Auschwitz…
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 …, Russia). The Dr. Naum Wortman papers document Wortman’s work as a doctor at the Auschwitz concentration camp and the Ebensee and Ebelsberg displaced…
10. Eugene Miller collection
1997.A.0240 Oversize Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0240
Date:
inclusive: circa 1941-approximately 1997
…The Eugene Miller collection comprises subject files documenting Miller's interest in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka; the Łódź…
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 … comprises subject files documenting Miller’s interest in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka; the Łódź ghetto (including images of Chaim…
11. Norbert Wollheim papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0031
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1998
… to Auschwitz concentration camp. His pregnant wife, Rosa, and their 3-year old son, Uriel perished there. Norbert’s arm was tattooed with the number…
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 …, 1945-1952 Indexing terms Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp) Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Central…
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12. Dingfelder and Wolff families papers
1998.69 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 1998.69
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1946
… his wartime experiences imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp, Buchenwald concentration camp, and other slave labor camps, August 12, 1945; two…
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 … prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp and other labor camps. Languages: German, Hebrew, English, Dutch Administrative information Access: Collection is…
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  • Series 1: Photographs Circa 1920-Circa 1945
    • File 1: Dingfelder and Wolff families Circa 1920-Circa 1945
      • Pages: 1
13. From Bialystok to Brooklyn
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0348 | RG Number: RG-02.202
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
14. Yaakov Borenstein collection
Document | Accession Number: 2004.133
Date:
1940-1945
…The collection consists of a prayer-book found by Marguit Loewy Borenstein [donor's mother] in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 and a photograph…
15. Oral history interview with Alexander Eisenbach
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.216 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0216
Date:
interview: 1960 October 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; Liptovsky Hradok, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia); Auschwitz concentration camp; I.G. Farben; Buna Kommando; Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and Josef…
16. Israel (Laszlo) Lazar papers
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0176
… documents relating to Mr. Lazar's experiences in the ghetto in Oradea, Romania, and in various concentration camps, including Rehmsdorf-Troeglitz, Auschwitz…
17. Israel (Laszlo) Lazar papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0243
… (a.k.a. Oradea or Oradea-Mare, Romania) ghetto, his deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp, his transfer to Buchenwald, to Rehmsdorf, and back to…
18. "Zichronot Me-ha-Shoah, 1944-1945"
Document | Accession Number: 2000.105
Date:
1999
… describes his deportation from the ghetto in Oradea (Nagyvarad), Romania, to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Rehmsdorf-Troeglitz concentration camps, and his…
19. Nathan Schwalb papers/Hechalutz Office Geneva
Document | Accession Number: 2007.138 | RG Number: RG-68.087M
Date:
inclusive: 1921-1989
bulk: 1939-1945
…; reports about the situation of Jews in various countries; reports about the concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Westerbork; and…
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 … concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Westerbork; and miscellaneous internal records pertaining to the activities of the Hechalutz headquarters…
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 … Krakau, Hrubiszow, Parczew, Auschwitz Oswiecim…
20. "If Not for Him..."
Document | Accession Number: 2014.433.1
Date:
inclusive: 1945-2006
… Grossman, their deportation, and their experiences together in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen, and Melk concentration camps. Includes photographs of the…
21. Norman Salsitz papers
2003.425.1 Book Enclosure 1 Image 63
Document | Accession Number: 2003.425.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1889-2000
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …-2000 Indexing terms Salsitz, Amalie Petranker, 1922-2003. Salsitz, Norman, 1920-2006. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp…
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  • Series 2: Photographs Circa 1889-Circa 2000
    • File 1: Auschwitz, Kraków, and the English Committee 1945
22. Margalit Bar-On collection
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0200
Date:
inclusive: 1973-1997
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
23. Oral history interview with Shmuel Milo
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.332 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0332
Date:
interview: 1998 January 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … 11 in Auschwitz. This was the prison block of the camp, near the execution wall. After one month he was moved to Birkenau. The year was 1942. He…
24. Oral history interview with Israel Gutmann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.56 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0056
Date:
interview: 1991 November 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …, apparently used later in Sonderkommando revolt. Tells about Raja (Uja) Robota and her fate 10:53 to 11:09 Evacuation from Auschwitz Describes stirring in camp…
25. Oral history interview with Dvorah Shapiro
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.13 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0013
Date:
interview: 1991 October 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …RG-50.266 #13 DVORAH (nee Haike) SHAPIRO Born in Lodz. Had parents and younger brother. All killed in Auschwitz. They were in Lodz ghetto until the…
26. Oral history interview with Eli Okon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.760 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0760
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
27. Rundschreiben from the Frankfurt am Main office of the United Restitution Organization
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0013.1 | RG Number: RG-28.010
Date:
1961-1970
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
28. Oral history interview with Arie Zizamski
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.182 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0182
Date:
undated: 
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau after 48 hours. 6.19 Describes arrival and selection in camp. He is in a group with father. Describes barracks, showers…
29. Oral history interview with Eva Kalvariski
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.212 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0212
Date:
interview: 1995 July 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … Auschwitz. By train to camp Plaszow near Krakow. Describes the camp and her work. Describes kapos. 3.12 Describes seeing POWs shot, how scared she felt and…
30. Litke family papers
2015.547.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2015.547.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1981
bulk: 1945-1981
…, Czechoslovakia, and then to Auschwitz. Frida’s mother was separated from her and killed. Frida was later sent to Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig. She was…
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 … Eggenfelden, immigration and naturalization documents, restitution papers, Frida’s testimonies about her time in Auschwitz concentration camp, and photographs…
31. Oral history interview with Edit (Dita) Kraus
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.81 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0081
Date:
interview: 1992 March 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …. 10.36 Exit from the women’s camp in Auschwitz. 13.10 Rumor that the train was going to Germany to a work camp. 14.16 Arrival in Hamburg to a former…
32. Oral history interview with Ruth Elias
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.503.27 | RG Number: RG-50.934.0026
Date:
interview: 1984
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … husband were sent to Auschwitz. She was very afraid because she was visibly pregnant when she was there. They were taken to the family camp at Auschwitz…
33. Oral history interview with Josef Binenshtok
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.14 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0014
Date:
interview: 1993 May 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … interrogation by Germans. 2:06 He and his brother are taken to forced labor. 2:14 He was taken to build barracks in Auschwitz. He did not know the purpose. 2:19…
34. Oral history interview with Hanna Greishitzki
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.50 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0050
Date:
interview: 1991 August 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … she was going to a work camp. 1.32 Describes train transport, arrival in Auschwitz and separation from fiancé. 1.37 Describes Auschwitz, Selections by…
35. Oral history interview with Eta Neuman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.242 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0242
Date:
interview: 1995 February 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …. Tells about Auschwitz - Eta was among youngest in that transport - she was 15. Thought at first it was just a labor camp. Four of her cousins were there…
36. Oral history interview with Tamar Berger
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.11 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0011
Date:
interview: 1992 November
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … 20, they were taken to her old school, where she was reunited with her sister, and then deported in cattle cars. 3.06 Describes arrival at Auschwitz. A…
37. Oral history interview with Iztchak Yudkes
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.263 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0263
Date:
interview: 1995 November 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
38. Oral history interview with Ruth Tatarko
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.156 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0156
Date:
interview: 1992 March 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … Vielishew and works in underground airplane factory. From there to camp Plaszow. Her work and state of mind. 8.58 She joined transport to Auschwitz. Describes…
39. Oral history interview with Rudi Fruchter
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.44 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0044
Date:
interview: 1993 December 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …. Built labor camps for Russian P.O.W.’s and built scores of new blocks, like Auschwitz. Almost 10,000 people came (Poles from Stuttgard?) Tape 2 of 3 4…
40. Oral history interview with Ruth Elias
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.36 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0036
Date:
interview: 1991 September 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … Birkenau B-2 “Familienlager” – this was the only joint male/female camp in Auschwitz. Only subsequently did she understand that the Germans feared that the…
41. Oral history interview with Bela Yehuda
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.172 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0172
Date:
interview: 1993 June 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … there for 6 months and then to the Baron Hirsch camp, and from there by train to Poland. Describes 15 day train ride. 6.12 Describes arrival in Birkenau…
42. Oral history interview with Yaakov Freimark
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.42 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0042
Date:
interview: 1993 June 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 ….55] He talks about the gypsy camp in Auschwitz and their extermination. Describes Mengele's experiments with children. He was assisted by two Jewish…
43. Oral history interview with Zipora Vardi
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.161 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0161
Date:
interview: 1992 February 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … left – bad side. Taken to barracks in Auschwitz- Birkenau; ordered to undress; beaten; taken to shower room; given prisoner garb; taken to camp. Told…
44. Oral history interview with Uri Bas and Kobi Luria
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.503.29 | RG Number: RG-50.934.0028
Date:
interview: 2000 January 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
45. Oral history interview with Hela Jaffe
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.6 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0006
Date:
interview: 1991 October 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … was the end of 1943. Auschwitz, prisoners in uniforms, crematoria. The camp looked empty because a month before, the inmates there had been liquidated…
46. Oral history interview with Frieda Kobo
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.76 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0076
Date:
interview: 1993 April 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 …. There were wooden structures at Auschwitz. The crematoria were closed, so Kobo never saw them. When walking through the camp, everything was done on foot…
47. Oral history interview with Juergen Levenstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.86 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0086
Date:
interview: 1992 October 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 ….02 Discusses the fate of his family. Grandmother died in Teresien. Parents went to Auschwitz in 1942 and he never saw them again. 2.11 Describes his work in…
48. Oral history interview with Rita Weiss
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.167 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0167
Date:
interview: 1993 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … accuracy. 3.47 Describes arrival in Auschwitz, selection by Mendele [Mengele?]. 3.52 Describes arrival and initiation in Birkenau. TAPE II 4.01 Story of…
49. Records relating to the Jacob Hennenberg family
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0023 | RG Number: RG-10.070.01
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
50. Oral history interview with Walter Reichmann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.125 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0125
Date:
interview: 1991 September 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
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 … liberated, but a few days later was arrested by the Slovakian Hlinka Guard, and transported to Zilina concentration camp and from there by train to Auschwitz…