Oral history interview with Pesach Rosen

Pesach Rosen, born in Bialystok, Poland, discusses the German invasion of Poland in September 1939; the division of Poland into German and Russian territories; the brutal treatment of the Jews by the Germans via beatings, torture, and dog attacks; the mass executions of Jews; the starvation of prisoners; the meager rations given to prisoners; the sexual harassment of women by the Germans; working as a smith and being better fed than others; befriending Germans and Poles; his experiences with the Russians, whom he found to be less cruel than the Germans; the numerous Jews in the Russian Partisan companies; the fate of the Jews who were captured while trying to escape; the deportation of Jews to Treblinka; his life after the war; immigrating to Israel; and immigrating later to the United States.