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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Mendel Wochniak

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 34149
Interviewee
Mendel Wochniak
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
2:01:42
Interview Date
10/20/1997
Interview Location
QC / Canada
Birth City
Wohyn (Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Neudachs (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Suchowola (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Blechhammer (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Type of Hiding Place
bunkers
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Blechhammer (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
escapes from the camps
displaced persons camps
escapes from mass shootings
escapes during forced marches
Prewar Religious Identity
orthodox Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity
orthodox Judaism
Aid Giver/ Liberator or War Crimes Trials Participant or Witness
aid givers
Description
Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.
Special Collection
USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

Administrative History

Rights and Restrictions

Restrictions
On-site access only. Registration required.
 
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